( 2026:JHHC:28125 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 4303 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 4303 of 2026 1. Bijul Yadav @ Bijul Kumar, aged about 35 years 2. Ajay Yadav, aged about 30 years 3. Manish Yadav @ Manish Kumar, aged about 27 years All three petitioners are the son of Moti Yadav, resident of Village- Kedarut, P.O. Barhi, P.S. Padma O.P., District- Hazaribag … Petitioners -Versus- State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioners : Mr. Ram Lakhan Yadav, Advocate For the State : Mr. Bishambhar Shastri, A.P.P. For the Informant : Mr. Mahadeo Thakur, Advocate ----- 05/17.09.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners, learned counsel appearing for the State and learned counsel appearing for the informant. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Barhi P.S. Case No.366/2025, dated 04.10.2025, registered for the offence under Sections 190, 191(2), 191(3), 126(2), 115(2), 117(2), 109, 76, 303(2), 352, 351(2), 329(4) of the BNS, 2023, pending in the Court of the learned S.D.J.M., Hazaribag. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have been falsely implicated in the case. He further submits that there are land disputes and in view of that the altercation took place. He next submits that pursuant to the assault made by these petitioners, grievous injury has not been received by the informant side and only minor injury has been received. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted to the petitioners. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State and informant jointly opposed the prayer and submit that there is direct allegation against all the petitioners ( 2026:JHHC:28125 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 4303 of 2026 of assault and even the allegation of outraging the modesty of the informant is also there and in view of that, their prayer for anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. 5. On perusal of the FIR, it transpires that there is direct allegation against petitioner no.1- Bijul Yadav @ Bijul Kumar of outraging the modesty of the informant. The allegation of assault by iron rod upon Rahul Yadav, who is son of the informant, is also there against petitioner no.2- Ajay Yadav. Further allegation of assault is there against petitioner no.3- Manish Yadav upon husband of the informant. There are direct allegations against all these petitioners of outraging the modesty and assault. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioners and, as such, their prayer for anticipatory bail is, hereby, rejected. 6. Accordingly, this application is dismissed. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 17th September, 2026 Ajay/