( 2026:JHHC:1960 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 358 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 358 of 2026 Namita Devi, aged about 29 years, W/o Santosh Ram, resident of Village Gurur, P.O. Hariharpur, P.S. Bhawnathpur, District- Garhwa (Jharkhand) … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Syed Tafazzul Sajid, Advocate For the State : Mr. Azeemuddin, A.P.P. ----- 02/27.01.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in connection with Ketar P.S. Case No.63/2025, registered for the offence under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 318(1), 109, 352, 3(5) of the BNS, pending in the Court of the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Nagar Untari, Garhwa. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner and informant are agnates. He further submits that there are general and omnibus allegations of assault against all the accused persons. He then submits that the petitioner is the lady member of the said family. He next submits that the altercation took place due to land dispute. He also submits that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 14 of this application. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations of assault are there. He further submits that the injury has also been received by the informant and other two persons. 5. Looking into contents of the FIR, it transpires that there are general and omnibus allegations against all the accused persons. It has been pointed ( 2026:JHHC:1960 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 358 of 2026 out that there is land dispute between the parties. The petitioner is a lady and she has got no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 14 of this application. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today and in the event of her arrest or surrender, she shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Nagar Untari, Garhwa in connection with Ketar P.S. Case No.63/2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 27th January, 2026 Ajay/