( 2026:JHHC:12067 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 1973 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 1973 of 2026 1. Jagdish Dhobi @ Jagdish Baitha, aged about 31 years, S/o Baldev Baitha, R/o Village- Tunjo, P.O. & P.S. Ghaghra, District- Gumla, Jharkhand 2. Janmjay Pandey @ Chotu Pandey, aged about 23 years, S/o Ramnath Pandey, R/o Village- Tunjo, P.O. & P.S. Ghaghra, District- Gumla, Jharkhand 3. Shanidev Oraon, aged about 18 years, S/o Baneshwar Oraon, R/o Village- Tunjo, P.O. & P.S. Ghaghra, District- Gumla, Jharkhand 4. Parasnath Pandey, aged about 52 years, S/o Late Devmohan Pandey, R/o Village- Tunjo, P.O. & P.S. Ghaghra, District- Gumla, Jharkhand … Petitioners -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioners : Mr. Gaurav, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Priya Shrestha, A.P.P. ----- 04/24.04.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Ghaghra P.S. Case No.58/2024, registered for the offence under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 190, 115(2), 117(2), 125, 352, 109, 299, 126(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the Court of the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Gumla. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the altercation took place between two groups in the market. He further submits that there are case and counter case between the parties. He next submits that the allegations of assault are there against other accused persons and so far as these petitioners are concerned, they were standing nearby. He also submits that the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 10 of this application. ( 2026:JHHC:12067 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 1973 of 2026 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations of assault are there. 5. Looking into the contents of the FIR, it transpires that so far as these petitioners are concerned, that allegation is not against them and they were standing nearby. The petitioners have got no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 10 of this application. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioners are directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today and in the event of their arrest or surrender, they shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond 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, Gumla in connection with Ghaghra P.S. Case No.58/2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 24th April, 2026 Ajay/