( 2026:JHHC:3457 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 709 of 2026 1. Manir Shah, aged about 66 years, son of late Sahadat Shah 2. Safdar Shah @ Md. Safdar Shah, aged about 56 years, son of Md. Habib Shah Both are residents of village-Jahnadih, P.O. Nawagarh Chatti, P.S.- Dhanwar, District-Giridih. ...... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners :Mr. Anil Kr. Sinha, Advocate For the State : Mr. Jitendra Kr. Pandey, A.P.P 02/ 10.02.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Dhanwar P.S. Case No. 203 of 2025, registered for the offence under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 190, 126(2), 127(2), 115(2), 117(2), 109, 352, and 351(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Giridih. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that there are case and counter case between the parties and the altercation took place due to land dispute. He next submits that there are general and omnibus allegation against the petitioners of making assault. He further submits that both the sides have received injuries. He also submits that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-11 of the petition and co-accused has been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No.242 of 2026. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the allegation of assault is there and the injury is said to be grievous in nature. 5. Looking into the contents of the FIR, it transpires that there are ( 2026:JHHC:3457 ) general and omnibus allegation and the injury received by the informant, pursuant to whose blow is not clear and further there are case and counter case between the parties and both the sides have received injuries and petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-11 of the petition and co-accused has been granted anticipatory bail in the aforesaid A.B.A, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the petitioners, named above, are directed to surrender before the learned court within four weeks from today and in the event of their surrender / arrest, the petitioners, named above, 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, 1st Class, Giridih, in connection with Dhanwar P.S. Case No. 203 of 2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Dt.10.02.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-