2026:JHHC:3046 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 6609 of 2025 ---- 1.Manoj Yadav, aged about 46 years, son of Nathuni Yadav, resident of K-3, Sector-3/C, Bokaro Steel City, PO and PS B.S City District Bokaro, Jharkhand 2.Sachin Kumar, aged about 20 years, son of Maletri Yadav, resident of Sector 3-C, Khatal, PO Sector-3, P.S.-B.S.City, Dist.Bokaro Jharkhand 3.Mohan Yadav, aged about 33 years, son of Rajgiri Yadav, r/o House No.JH3/C, Sector-3/C, Bokaro Steel City, PO and PS – B.S.City, District Bokaro, Jharkhand .... Petitioners -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioners :- Dr.(Mrs.) Vandana Singh, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Satish Prasad, Advocate ---- 2/05.02.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioners and for State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with B.S.City P.S. Case No.56 of 2025, for offence registered under section 115(2), 117(2), 109, 351(3), 74, 76, 3(5), 352 of BNS, 2023, pending in court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bokaro. 3. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that the petitioners 2026:JHHC:3046 2 have never assaulted the informant or her husband and Manoj Yadav, petitioner no.1, has only gone there to pacify the quarrel between the husband and the wife and all of a sudden, the matter has escalated and two groups have been made in which 25 persons were involved from both the sides. She also submits that so far as these petitioners are concerned, false allegations of molestation has been made and false allegations is prima facie proved in light of paragraph no.71 of the case diary as the independent witnesses have not supported that allegation. She next submits that so far as the allegation of assault is there, that is against the other accused persons. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that allegations are there against the petitioners of molestation. 5. In paragraph no.71 of the case diary, independent witnesses have been examined, wherein they have stated that Manoj Yadav has gone there to pacify the quarrel between the husband and wife and pursuant to that, altercation took place and two groups have been divided and there were free fight and in the later part, the allegation of assault are made against the other accused persons and that allegations are not against these petitioners and molestation part has not been supported by the independent witnesses in paragraph no.71 of the case diary, and the petitioners are not having criminal antecedent as disclosed in 2026:JHHC:3046 3 paragraph no.10 of the petition, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to petitioners. 6. Accordingly, petitioners, above named, are hereby directed to surrender before learned court within four weeks from today, and in event of their surrender/arrest, petitioners, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each, with two sureties of like amount each, to satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bokaro, in connection with B.S.City P.S. Case No.56 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 05.02.2026 SI/