( 2026:JHHC:24356 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 4520 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 4520 of 2026 Gita Devi, aged about 50 years, wife of Jaynandan Chamar, resident of Village- Sangbar, P.O. Sangbar, P.S. Lesliganj, Dist.- Palamau … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Arwind Prajapati, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Malsi Pathak, A.C. to P.P. ----- 06/14.08.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in connection with Lesliganj P.S. Case No.09/2026 dated 08.02.2026, registered for the offence under Sections 318(4), 338, 336(3), 340(2) of the BNS, 2023, pending in the Court of the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Palamau. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the there is land dispute between the parties and initially complaint case was filed which was subsequently converted into FIR. He further submits that the petitioner has made an application before the Additional Collector, Palamau in Misc. Case No.01/2025-26 and, thereafter, the zamabandi of informant has been cancelled. He next submits that there is land dispute and for that criminal case has been filed. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of fraudulently creating zamabandi in the name of the petitioner and in view of that, the prayer for anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. ( 2026:JHHC:24356 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 4520 of 2026 5. Considering that the petitioner has moved an application before the Additional Collector, Palamau in Misc. Case No.01/2025-26 and, thereafter zamabandi of informant has been cancelled, which prima facie suggests that the dispute is of civil in nature, whereas, FIR has been lodged and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today and in the event of her arrest or surrender, she 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, Palamau in connection with Lesliganj P.S. Case No.09/2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 14th August, 2026 Ajay/