[2026:JHHC:25202] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 4768 of 2026 Jagen Hazra @ Prabhanjan Hazra, aged about 48 years, S/o Balram Hazara @ Balram Bazra, R/o Bagula, P.O. Nag Nagar, P.S. Saraidhela, District Dhanbad. ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Shailesh Kumar Singh, Advocate. : Ms. Arpita Sinha, Advocate. For the State : Mr. N.K. Ganjhu, A.P.P. ------ 04/ 20.08.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Saraidhela P.S. Case No. 127 of 2026, registered for the offence under Sections 109, 115(2), 118(2), 126(2), 303(2), 308(4) and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the court of learned CJM, Dhanbad. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the informant has concealed the genesis of the dispute between them while lodging the FIR and in fact both the parties are locked in litigation with respect to a land which is being claimed by both the parties. He next submits that for the said land in question, two original suits, being Original Suit Nos. 448 and 699 of 2025 were instituted by the original land owner. He further submits that in the said suit the petitioner is also the litigant and he is the defendant in the said suits. He then submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-09 of the petition. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be provided to the petitioner. 4. Learned A.P.P. has opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of making assault. On this ground, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. [2026:JHHC:25202] -2- 5. In the FIR, it has been stated that due to land dispute, there are two original suits, which are pending in the learned trial court, in which, the petitioner is also the party-defendant and further the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-09 of the petition. 6. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 7. Accordingly, the petitioner, named above, is directed to surrender before the learned court within four weeks from today and in the event of his surrender / arrest, the petitioner, named above, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty-five thousand), with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned CJM, Dhanbad, in connection with Saraidhela P.S. Case No. 127 of 2026, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-20.08.2026 Amitesh/-