( 2026:JHHC:1 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 7474 of 2025 1. Durga Devi @ Druga Devi Nath, aged about 46 years, wife of Suresh Nath 2. Sushil Nath, aged about 69 years, son of Ramehwar Nath 3. Dharampal Singh, aged about 44 years, son of Dhan Singh 4. Devashish Das, aged about 28 years, son of Krishna Das 5. Indrajeet Singh @ Indarjeet Singh, aged about 37 years, son of Hardeep Singh 6. Lakhi Singh, aged about 36 years, wife of Dharampal Singh All are residents of Zone No. 6, Birsanagar, Near Kali Mandir, P.O. and P.S. Birsanagar, Jamshedpur, District-East Singhbhum (Jharkhand) ...... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners :Md. Ayub Ansari, Advocate For the State : Mr. Vijoy Kumar Sinha, A.P.P. 03/ 05.01.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Birsanagar P.S. Case No.72 of 2025, registered under sections 191(2), 126(2), 115(2), 324(5), 333, 74, 329 (4), 308(3) of BNS, 2023, pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Jamshedpur. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners have made complaint before the Circle Officer, East Singhbhum about the illegal occupation of the part of temple and in view of that false allegation has been made against the petitioners and even allegation of molestation is also made. He further submits that on the same day another case of Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act has also been lodged against the petitioners. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioners may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that allegation of molestation is there. ( 2026:JHHC:1 ) 5. Annexure-2 is document which is application dated 20.08.2025 addressed to the Circle Officer, East Singhbhum about the illegal occupation of the part of temple and the present F.I.R has been lodged on 02.09.2025 and on the same day another case of Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act has also been lodged against the petitioners. 6. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. Accordingly, the above named, petitioners are directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of their surrender / arrest, the petitioners shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty five thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Jamshedpur, in connection with Birsanagar P.S. Case No.72 of 2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.05.01.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-