( 2026:JHHC:27524 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 5055 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 5055 of 2026 1. Wajid Ansari @ Md. Wajid Ansari, aged about 45 years, son of Late Dosh Mohamad 2. Manan Ansari @ Md. Mannan Ansari, aged about 35 years, son of Subhan Ansari Both are residents of Amlatand, P.O. & P.S. Govindpur, District- Dhanbad, Jharkhand … Petitioners -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioners : Md. Zaid Ahmed, Advocate For the State : Mr. Ajay Kumar Pathak, A.P.P. ----- 02/09.09.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Govindpur P.S. Case No.193 of 2026 dated 25.06.2026, registered for the offence under Sections 126(2), 127(2), 115(2), 118(1), 118(2), 109, 303(2), 324(4), 75, 61(2) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, pending in the Court of the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Dhanbad. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the instant case has been instituted against 5 named accused persons including these petitioners and 15 to 20 other unknown persons. He next submits that the allegations are made of assaulting the informant party and have also manhandled the informant and her sister. He further submits that the instant FIR has been lodged in the aforesaid background and there are general and omnibus allegations. He also submits that Anwar Ansari has blocked the road by putting soil in front of the house of the informant and for that, the altercation took place. He then submits that the petitioners’ side has also lodged the case for the same incident later on. He next submits that the ( 2026:JHHC:27524 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 5055 of 2026 petitioners are having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 17 of the petition. 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 allegation of assault and molestation are there and the petitioners are named in the FIR. On these grounds, he submits that the prayer for anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. 5. On perusal of the FIR, it transpires that the said allegation is also made against 15 to 20 unknown persons. The entire family members have been made accused. The altercation took place when the road was blocked by putting soil in front of the house of the informant by Anwar Ansari. There are case and counter case between the parties. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioners are directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today and in the event of their arrest or surrender, they shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Dhanbad in connection with Govindpur P.S. Case No.193 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 9th September, 2026 Ajay/