2026:JHHC:11995 1 Criminal Appeal (SJ) No. 629 of 2024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Criminal Appeal (SJ) No. 629 of 2024 Jitendra Kumar Thakur @ Jitan Thakur age 42 years old, son of Vishwanath Thakur, resident of village Raro, P.O. & P.S. Dandai, District Garhwa. …....... Appellant(s) Vrs. 1.The State of Jharkhand 2.Sona Devi W/o Dayanand Singh, resident of village Raro, P.O. & P.S.- Dandai, District Garhwa ........ Respondent(s) ….... CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR For the Appellant(s) : Mr. Rakesh Kumar No. III For the Respondent no.2 : Mr. Jagat Kr. Soni, Advocate Mr. Virendra Kumar, Advocate Mr. Sanjeev Thakur, Advocate For the State : Mr. Satish Kumar Keshri, A.P.P. 18/23.04.2026 The present appeal has been filed under Section 14(A) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. 2. Heard learned Senior counsel for the appellant and learned counsel for the respondent no.2.-informant as well as learned counsel for the State. 3. The present appeal is directed against the order dated 18.07.2024 passed by the learned Special Judge SC/ST Act cum Additional Sessions Judge-I, Garhwa in A.B.P. No. 635 of 2024 arising out of Complaint Case No.33 of 2020 registered for the offence under Section 379,472,504,506 of IPC and Sections 3(1)(r) and 3(1)(s) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 whereby and whereunder the prayer of the appellant for grant of anticipatory bail has been rejected. The case is presently pending before the court of learned Special Judge SC/ST Act cum Additional Sessions Judge-I, Garhwa. 4. At the outset, learned counsel for the appellant has handed over a cash of Rs.25,000/- to the learned counsel for the respondent no.2- victim as a token of goodwill gesture for resolving the dispute without prejudice. The victim is directed to collect the amount by tomorrow. 5. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the appellant that it is nothing but a neighbourhood dispute regarding cutting of seasum tree, which is right to property dispute and as such, the provision of SC/ST Act is not attracted. 2026:JHHC:11995 2 Criminal Appeal (SJ) No. 629 of 2024 6. On the other hand, learned counsel for the informant (respondent no.2) and the State have opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail. 7. Considering the nature of dispute, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the appellant. 8. Accordingly, the appellant, above named, is directed to surrender before the learned Trial Court within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt/production of copy of this order and in the event of his arrest or surrender, he shall be enlarged on bail, on his furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- ( Rupees Ten Thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge SC/ST Act cum Additional Sessions Judge-I, Garhwa in connection with Complaint Case No. 33 of 2020 on the conditions as laid down under Section 482 of the B.N.S.S., 2023. Further, the appellant will submit self-attested photo copy of his Aadhaar Card and also submit his mobile number before the learned trial court which he will always keep active and will not change it during pendency of this case without prior permission of the Court. 9. In the result, the present appeal is allowed and accordingly disposed of. (Rajesh Kumar, J.) 23.04.2026 A. Mohanty Uploaded ____/____/2026