( 2026:JHHC:1423 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 215 of 2026 Vikas Chourasiya @ Vikas Kumar Chourasiya @ Vikash Kumar Chaurasia, aged about 45 years, son of late Rajendra Prasad Chaurasiya, resident of village -Beside HDFC Bank, High School Road, Gumla, P.O. and P.S-Gumla, District-Gumla, Jharkhand ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. A.K. Kashyap, Sr. Advocate For the State : Mr. Santosh Kr. Shukla, A.P.P. 04/ 20.01.2026: Heard learned senior counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Gumla P.S. Case No. 325 of 2025, registered under sections 115(2), 126(2), 352, 351(2), 351(3), 109, 303(2), 3(5) of BNS, 2023, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate at Gumla. 3. Learned senior counsel for the petitioner submits that the present case is counter-blast case arising out of an F.I.R which was registered by the petitioner against the informant and unknown. He further submits that injury is simple in nature and petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 20 of the petition. He next submits that altercation took place on request of the petitioner to remove the vehicle parked in front of the gate of the petitioner that too provocation made by the informant who was in drunken condition. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioner may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that allegations of assault are there. 5. Considering that the present case is counter-blast case arising out of an F.I.R registered by the petitioner against the informant and ( 2026:JHHC:1423 ) unknown, the injury is simple in nature and petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 20 of the petition, the altercation took place on request of the petitioner to remove the vehicle parked in front of the gate of the petitioner and it has been pointed out that too provocation has been made by the informant who was in drunken condition. 6. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the above named, petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of his surrender / arrest, the petitioner 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gumla, in connection with Gumla P.S. Case No. 325 of 2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.20.01.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-