RAJ BALI PASWAN @ RAJ BALI MANJHI v. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND
A.B.A./3963/2026 · 2026-09-11
Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi
body2026
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 3963 of 2026
1. Raj Bali Paswan @ Raj Bali Manjhi, aged about 54 years, son of late Kail Manjhi
2. Shamsher Manjhi, aged about 47 years, son of late Kail Manjhi Both residents of village-Sarja, P.O. Polpol, P.S. Sattarwa, District- Palamau ...... … Petitioners
Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party
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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners
:None For the State : Mr. Shashi Kumar Verma, Advocate For the Informant : Mr. Ashutosh Ranjan Kumar, Advocate
Mr. Anjani Kumar, Advocate
02/ 11.09.2026: On repeated calls, nobody appeared on behalf of the petitioners. Learned counsels for the State and informant are present.
2. Heard learned counsel for the State and learned counsel for the Informant.
3. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Satbarwa P.S. Case No. 23 of 2026, registered under sections 115(2), 117(2), 126(2), 74, 351(2), 352, 3(5) of BNS, 2023, pending in the Court of learned C.J.M, Palamau.
4.
Learned counsel for the informant submits that petitioner no.2 has already been arrested.
5.
In view of such submission, the anticipatory bail on behalf of petitioner no.2 is dismissed as infructuous.
6.
So far petitioner no.1 is concerned, it has been averred in the petition that there is long standing land dispute between the parties and there are case and counter case between the parties. In the light of supplementary affidavit it transpires that another case is also there.
7. By the last order case diary has been called for which has been received. In para 10 of the case diary witness has stated that there is long
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standing dispute relating to land and in para 11 of the case diary it has come that due to land dispute both sides have been fighting amongst each other.
8.
In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner no.1. Accordingly, the above named, petitioner no. 1 namely, Raj Bali Paswan @ Raj Bali Manjhi is
directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of his surrender / arrest, the petitioner no.1 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 C.J.M, Palamau, in connection with Satbarwa P.S. Case No. 23 of 2026, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S,
2023.
Dt.11.09.2026
( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-