2026:JHHC:26236 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 4797 of 2026 ---- 1.Duryodhan Pandit, aged about 53 years, son of late Ritlal Pandit, resident of Village Harna Chainpur, PO and PS Dumka, Muffasil, District Dumka, Jharkhand 2.Santosh Pandit @ Santosh Kumar Pandit, aged about 28 years, son of late Ritlal Pandit, resident of Village Harna Chainpur, PO and PS Dumka, Mufasil, District Dumka, Jharkhand 3.Rabindra Pandit @ Rabindra Kumar Pandit @ Lobindra Pandit, aged about 24 years, son of Devel Pandit, resident of Village Harna, Chainpur, PO and PS Dumka, Muffasil, District Dumka, Jharkhand .... Petitioners -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioners :- Mrs. Sadhna Kumar, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Shree Prakash Jha, Advocate ---- 2/31.08.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioners and for State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Dumka (Muffasil) PS Case No.68 of 2026, for offence registered under section 126(2), 115(2), 117(2), 118(1), 109(1), 191(2) and 303(2) of BNS, 2023, pending in court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dumka. 3. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that the petitioners and the informant both are agnates and altercation took place due to land dispute. She further submits that all the family members including the ladies members have been made accused and the FIR 2026:JHHC:26236 2 has been lodged against 18 persons. She further submits that she has got instruction that 15 persons have been dropped by the supervisory authority. She next submits that so far as the petitioner nos.2 and 3 are concerned, they are the students and to buttress her such argument, she refers to the documents annexed with the supplementary affidavit. She next submits that so far as the petitioner no.2/Santosh Pandit as well as petitioner no.3/ Rabindra Pandit @ Rabindra Kumar Pandit @ Lobindra Pandit, respectively are concerned, Mark Sheet issued by Jharkhand Academic Council as well as Identity Card issued by Jharkhand Intermediate Level Combined Competitive Examination, 2026, respectively, are enclosed with the supplementary affidavit. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that the allegations are there of assault and pursuant to that the injury has been received by the son of the informant. 5. On perusal of the FIR, it transpires that there are general and omnibus allegations of assault and there is no specific allegation against the petitioners and the petitioner nos.2 and 3 are said to be students and both sides are agnates and the altercation took place due to land dispute, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, petitioners, above named, are hereby directed to surrender before learned court within three weeks from today, 2026:JHHC:26236 3 and in event of their surrender/arrest, petitioners, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each, with two sureties of like amount each, to satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dumka, in connection with Dumka (Muffasil) PS Case No.68 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 31.08.2026 SI/