[2026:JHHC:5002] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 964 of 2026 1. Arjun Pandit @ Arjun Kumhar, aged about 59 years, son of Sukar Pandit. 2. Deepak Pandit @ Deepak Kumar Pandit, aged about 37 years, son of Arjun Pandit 3. Sonu Pandit, aged about 30 years, son of Arjun Pandit. 4. Fulmati Devi @ Phulmati Devi, aged about 28 years, daughter of Deepak Kumar Pandit. 5. Ritu Devi @ Ritu Pandit, aged about 22 years, wife of Sonu Pandit. All residents of Gumo, Barwadih, P.O. and P.S.- Jhumretelaiya, District-Koderma. ..... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioners : Mr. A.K. Sahani, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Rakesh Kumar Sinha, A.P.P. ------ 03/ 19.02.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Telaiya P.S. Case No. 323 of 2025, registered for the offence under Sections 115(2), 117(2), 118(1), 109(1), 126(2), 127(2) and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Koderma. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the altercation took place due to drainage of dirty water between the parties and both the sides are neighbours and co-sharers of the ancestral property. He submits that there are general and omnibus allegations and also there are case and counter case between the parties and both the sides have received injuries. He next submits that the [2026:JHHC:5002] -2- petitioners are having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-14 of the petition. 4. Learned A.P.P appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the allegation of assault is there and pursuant to that the injury has also been received. 5. Considering that there are case and counter case between the parties and both the sides have received injuries and the altercation took place due to drainage of dirty water and further both the parties are agnates, in that view of the matter, the petitioners, named above, are directed to surrender before the learned Court within two weeks from today and the learned Court shall release the petitioners on such terms and conditions or the sureties as the learned Court may deem fit and proper. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-19.02.2026 Amitesh/-