2026:JHHC:19915 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3639 of 2026 ------ 1. Kishan Mahto, aged about 72 years, son of Karu Mahto, resident of Village Bagdaha, P.O. Dhouni, P.S. Saraiyahat, Bagdaha, District Dumka, Jharkhand 2. Pawan Kumar @ Pawan Yadav, aged about 25 years, son of Nundeo Yadav, resident of Village Bagdaha, P.O. Dhouni, P.S. Saraiyahat, Bagdaha, District Dumka, Jharkhand 3. Dinesh Yadav, aged about 48 years, son of Kishan Yadav, resident of Village Bagdaha, P.O. Dhouni, P.S. Saraiyahat, Bagdaha, District Dumka, Jharkhand 4. Nandlal Yadav, aged about 43 years, son of Kishan Yadav, resident of Village Bagdaha, P.O. Dhouni, P.S. Saraiyahat, Bagdaha, District Dumka, Jharkhand 5. Dharmendra Yadav, aged about 43 years, son of Kishan Yadav, resident of Village Bagdaha, P.O. Dhouni, P.S. Saraiyahat, Bagdaha, District Dumka, Jharkhand 6. Surendra Yadav, aged about 30 years, son of Kishan Yadav, resident of Village Bagdaha, P.O. Dhouni, P.S. Saraiyahat, Bagdaha, District Dumka, Jharkhand 7. Yogendra Yadav, aged about 37 years, son of Mohan Yadav, resident of Village Bagdaha, P.O. Dhouni, P.S. Saraiyahat, Bagdaha, District Dumka, Jharkhand .... .... …. Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners : Mr. Onkar Nath Tiwary, Advocate Mr. Shamaiel Raza, Advocate For the State : Mr. Someshwar Roy, A.P.P. ------ 02/07.07.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Saraiyahat P.S. Case No. 78 of 2022, registered for the offence under Sections 147, 148, 149, 341, 342, 323, 307 and 325 of the Indian Penal Code, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Dumka. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that lady members have been granted anticipatory bail by the learned Sessions Judge by the impugned order. He further submits that there are case and counter case between the parties and the altercation took place due to the land dispute. He next submits that the first case has been lodged by the 2026:JHHC:19915 petitioners’ side in which also there are allegation of injury. He also submits that there are general and omnibus allegations against all the petitioners of assault. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer and submits that there are allegations of assault and pursuant to that injury has been received by the father of the informant. 5. Considering that there are case and counter case between the parties and the altercation took place due to the land dispute and in the FIR there are general and omnibus allegation of assault and the first case has been lodged by the petitioners’ side in which also the petitioners have received injury, in the attending facts and circumstances, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioners are directed to surrender before the learned court within two weeks from today and in the event of their arrest or surrender, they shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Dumka, in connection with Saraiyahat P.S. Case No. 78 of 2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 07.07.2026 Anit Uploaded 09.07.2026