2026:JHHC:20901 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3773 of 2026 ------ Krishna Khandawal, aged about 29 years, son of Katu Khandawal, Resident of Village Golokutung, P.O. B Kutung, P.S. Rajnagar, District Seraikella Kharsawan .... .... …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner : Mr. Ashish Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Sunil Kumar Dubey, A.P.P. ------ 02/15.07.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Rajnagar P.S. Case No. 19 of 2026, registered for the offence under Sections 109, 117(2), 115(2), 126(2), 303(2), 62, 308(2), 351(2), 352 and 324(4) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Seraikella. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case and the altercation took place when the bore well truck was parked on the road and due to that there was blockage. He next submits that the petitioner was going with his pregnant wife to the Doctor on the motorcycle and requested to side the vehicle and only due to that the informant and his staff assaulted and due to that the petitioner and his wife fallen down and even the motorcycle fallen on the wife of the petitioner and for that the petitioner has also lodged the FIR. He also submits that the injury is simple and the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 20 of the petition. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of assault. 5. Considering the submission of learned counsel for the petitioner that he has also lodged FIR for the alleged act of the informant and his staff and the altercation took place due to the blockage made by the informant and his staff and the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent 2026:JHHC:20901 as disclosed in para 20 of the petition, in the attending facts and circumstances, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned court within two weeks from today and in the event of his arrest or surrender, he shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Seraikella, in connection with Rajnagar P.S. Case No. 19 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 15.07.2026 Anit Uploaded 17.07.2026