( 2026:JHHC:22366 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 4110 of 2026 Arun Kumar @ Arun Mandal, aged about 32 years, son of Mahabir Mandal, resident of Ekdawara, P.O. and P.S. Margomunda, District-Deoghar ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Ankit Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Anuradha Sahay, A.P.P. 02/ 29.07.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Margomunda P.S. Case No.79 of 2025, for the alleged offences registered under Sections 126(2), 127(2), 117(2), 115(2), 109(1), 74 and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Madhupur. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that there are case and counter case and the altercation took place with regard to ownership of tree and both the sides have received the injury. He further submits that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph No.10 of the petition and eight of the co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No. 45 of 2026. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer and submits that the allegation is there against the petitioner of assault. 5. Looking into the contents of the FIR it transpires that the allegations are there of assault against Arun Mandal and Jamadar Mandal and there are case and counter case and both the sides have received the injury and the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph No.10 of the petition and eight of the co-accused persons have been granted ( 2026:JHHC:22366 ) anticipatory bail in the aforesaid A.B.A, I am inclined to provide anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today, and in the event of his surrender/arrest, the petitioner, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand), with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Madhupur in connection with Margomunda P.S. Case No.79 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Dt.29.07.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-