2026:JHHC:21895 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 4040 of 2026 ------ 1. Sachin Kumar, aged about 32 years, son of Dhrup Kumar, Resident of Village Murhu 2. Vishnu Kumar, aged about 30 years, son of Mani Saw Resident of Village Murhu Basti 3. Adarsh Anshul, aged about 22 years, son of Kedar Prasad, Resident of Village Murhu Basti 4. Shivam Kumar, aged about 25 years, son of Sanjay Kumar, Resident of Village Harijan Basti, All P.O. and P.S. Murhu, District Khunti .... .... …. Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners : Ms. Nivedita Kundu, Advocate For the State : Mr. Sudhir Kumar Mahto, A.P.P. ------ 02/24.07.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Murhu P.S. Case No. 24 of 2026, registered for the offence under Sections 189(2), 191(2), 194(2) 196(2), 299, 302, 197(2), 353(3), 115(2), 109(1), 132, 324(4) and 61(2) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Khunti. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that there are general and omnibus allegation against 200 – 250 persons of altercation among two groups and that has happened during the procession of Ram Navami Puja. She further submits that the petitioners are the shopkeepers. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of indulging in altercation and that allegations are there against two groups. 5. In the FIR, the allegations are made against 200 – 250 persons assembled in the procession and the altercation took place between two groups and there are general and omnibus allegation and it has been pointed out that the petitioners are the businessman of the nearby locality, 2026:JHHC:21895 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, Khunti, in connection with Murhu P.S. Case No.24 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 24.07.2026 Anit Uploaded 24.07.2026