2026:JHHC:3345 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 684 of 2026 ---- Krishna Kumar, son of Abhay Singh @ Abhay Kumar, aged about 22 years, resident of Village Marchoi, PO Marchoi, PS Satgawan and District Koderma .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioners :- Mr. Diwakar Jha, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Shree Prakash Jha, Advocate ---- 2/09.02.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioners and for State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Satgawan P.S. Case No.118 of 2025, for offence registered under section 126(2), 115(2), 117(2), 109(1), 303(2), 352, 351(2) of BNS, 2023, pending in court of learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Koderma. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that the petitioner and the informant are the residents of same village and on the spur of moment the altercation took place and in paragraph no.59 of the case diary it has come that the injury is simple in nature and the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no.16 of the petition. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that 2026:JHHC:3345 2 allegations of assault are there. 5. In paragraph no.59 of the case diary the injury is said to be simple in nature and the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as aforesaid and the altercation took place on the spur of moment, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to petitioner. 6. Accordingly, petitioner, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before learned court within three weeks from today, and in event of his surrender/arrest, petitioner, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand), with two sureties of like amount each, to satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Koderma, in connection with Satgawan P.S. Case No.118 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 09.02.2026 SI/