[ 2026:JHHC:12783] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2157 of 2026 Deepak Kumar Gupta, aged about 36 years, son of Akhilesh Saw, resident of Ward No.-5, vill- Chiraunjiya, P.O. Nawada, P.S. Garhwa, District- Garhwa, Jharkhand. ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Anurag Kashyap, Advocate. For the State : Mrs. Vandana Bharti, A.P.P. ------ 03/ 30.04.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Dandai P.S. Case No. 19 of 2026, registered for the offence under Sections 115(2), 126(2), 109 and 352 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Garhwa. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner happened to be the husband of the informant and false allegations are made against him. He next submits that the petitioner himself has received the grievous injury on account of assault made by the informant and his family members and under such circumstances, there was no possibility of the petitioner to commit any offence as after being brutal assault and considering himself to be dead, he was thrown into the well, for which, Dandai P.S. Case No. 18 of 2026 was registered, which is contained in Annexure-2 of the petition. He further submits that thereafter the present case has been lodged alleging therein of making assault upon the informant by knife. He also submits [ 2026:JHHC:12783] -2- that in the order of the learned Sessions Judge, it has come that the report of the injury was said to be reserved. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the allegation of assault is there, in which, injury has been received by the informant. 5. On query made by the court to the learned A.P.P. appearing for the State about the nature of injury, she fairly submits that it has come in the case diary that the same is found to be simple. 6. Considering that the first case has been lodged by the petitioner himself for the injury received by him in the brutal assault made by the informant and her family members and that has been shown in the contents of the FIR, which is annexed as Annexure-2 of the petition and thereafter the present case has been lodged against the petitioner and further the injury received by the informant is said to be simple in nature and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 7. 7. Accordingly, the above-named petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today and in the event of her arrest or surrender, he shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Garhwa, in connection with Dandai P.S. Case No. 19 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-30.04.2026 Amitesh/-