( 2026:JHHC:26652 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 5011 of 2026 1. Ranthu Mahto, son of late Jerka Mahto, aged about 41 years 2. Jeet Bahan Mahto @ Jitendra Mahto, son of late Hari Charan Mahto, aged about 37 years 3. Santosh Kumar Mahto, son of Sarju Mahto, aged about 34 years, 4. Sarju Mahto, son of late Jagdeo Kumhar, aged about 72 years 5. Sushila Devi, wife of late Hari Charan Mahato, aged about 57 years, All residents of village-Tupudana, P.O. and P.S. Dhurwa (O.P. Tupudana), District-Ranchi ...... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners :Mr. Roshan Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State : Mr. Vishwanath Roy, Spl.P.P. 02/ 03.09.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Doranda P.S. Case No. 342 of 2019 registered under sections 420, 467, 468 and 471 of the I.P.C, pending in the Court of learned Civil Judge Sr. Div-IX-cum-JMFC-XIII, Ranchi. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that false allegations are made that petitioners have sold the land second time to other two purchasers. He next submits that the mutation was also the subject matter of the land in Mutation Revision Case No. 24R15/2015-16 wherein the matter was remanded for fresh consideration and thereafter the jamabandi standing in the name of the purchasers was cancelled by the learned L.R.D.C, Ranchi in Misc. Case No. 03/2001-02 and also by the Circle Officer, Namkum vide letter dated 09.02.2019. He next submits that co- purchaser also preferred Mutation Revision Case No. 05R15/2019-20 before the Deputy Commissioner, Ranchi and upon consideration of the entire facts and records, the learned Deputy Commissioner, Ranchi vide order dated ( 2026:JHHC:26652 ) 18.11.2022 was pleased to hold that the legal heirs of the recorded raiyat are the original owners and are in possession over the land in question and accordingly directed continuation of the Jamabandi in their names. He next submits that the petitioners have also instituted O.S. No. 259 of 2019 which is pending in the court of learned Civil Judge, Junior Division-II, Ranchi . He next submits that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 16 of the petition. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioners may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that allegations are there of re-selling the land in favour of two persons. 5. Considering that for the land in question civil suits have been filed which is noted in the argument of the learned counsel for the parties and the petitioners have no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 16 of the petition. 6. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. Accordingly, the above named, petitioners are directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of their surrender / arrest, the petitioners shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty five thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Civil Judge Sr. Div-IX-cum-JMFC-XIII, Ranchi, in connection with Doranda P.S. Case No. 342 of 2019, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.03.09.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-