( 2026:JHHC:2874 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 610 of 2026 1. Shahbaj Ansari @ Md. Sahabaj Ansari, aged about 23 years, son of Shamshul Ansari 2. Matiul Ansari, aged about 35 years, son of Rashid Ansari @ Md. Rashid Ansari 3. Samsul Ansari @ Shamsul Ansari, aged about 51 years, son of Mannan Ansari 4. Faizal Ansari @ Md. Faijal Ansari, aged about 26 years, son of Md. Shamsul Ansari All are resident of village-Chitarkothi, P.O. Lalmatia, P.S. Lalmatia, District-Godda ...... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners :Mr. Nehru Mahto, Advocate :Mr. Ranjan Kr. Singh, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Sushma Aind, A.P.P. 02/ 04.02.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Lalmatiya P.S. Case No. 31/2025 registered under sections 191(2), 191(3), 190, 126(2), 115(2), 117(2), 109 and 352 of the BNS, pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Godda. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that there are general and omnibus allegations against all the accused persons. He further submits that injury is grievous in nature however allegations are general. He next submits that petitioners have got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 10 of the petition and one of the co-accused has been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No. 7457 of 2025. 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 there is direct allegation of assault against Faizal Ansari. ( 2026:JHHC:2874 ) 5. It transpires that co-accused Md. Sahrukh Ansari @ Sahrukh Ansari has been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No. 7457 of 2025 considering that there is direct allegation of assault against Faizal Ansari and in the present petition Faizal Ansari @ Md. Faijal Ansari is petitioner no.4. Further in the F.I.R. it is stated that Faizal Ansari has made assault and in view of that I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner no.4 namely, Faizal Ansari @ Md. Faijal Ansari. Accordingly, prayer of anticipatory bail on behalf of petitioner no.4 is hereby rejected. 6. So far anticipatory bail on behalf of petitioner nos. 1 to 3 are concerned, in identical situation co-accused has been granted anticipatory bail in the aforesaid A.B.A and further there are general and omnibus allegations against them, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner nos. 1 to 3. Accordingly, the above named, petitioner nos. 1 to 3 are directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of their surrender / arrest, the petitioner nos. 1 to 3 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, Godda, in connection with Lalmatiya P.S. Case No. 31/2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.04.02.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-