[2026:JHHC:1260] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 153 of 2026 Jyoti Horo @ Jyoti Aind, Aged about 30 years, D/o Mangal Aind, R/O-Village- Gari Bar Toli, P.O.- Lapa, P.S.- Karra, District- Khunti. ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mrs. Nivedita Kundu, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Sardhu Mahto, A.P.P. ------ 03/ 16.01.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in connection with Jariyagarh P.S. Case No. 25 of 2025, registered for the offence under Section 108 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the court of learned C.J.M., Khunti. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is having the pregnancy of seven months and the deceased was her husband and he has committed suicide by hanging himself. She next submits that the case has been lodged by the brother of the deceased. She further submits that in the FIR, it has been stated that the husband and wife fought each other for certain reasons. She then submits that the petitioner is working as Anganwari Sevika and she is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-10 of the petition. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that due to fight between husband and wife, the deceased has hanged himself. 5. Considering that the petitioner is the wife of the deceased [2026:JHHC:1260] -2- and further petitioner was having the pregnancy of seven months and she is also having one child of five years and the allegations are made of altercation between the husband and wife, pursuant to that the husband has hanged himself, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, named above, is directed to surrender before the learned court within four weeks from today and in the event of her surrender / arrest, the petitioner, named above, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty-five thousand), with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned C.J.M., Khunti, in connection with Jariyagarh P.S. Case No. 25 of 2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-16.01.2026 Amitesh/-