( 2026:JHHC:1272 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 196 of 2026 Manoj Kumar @ Manoj Kumar Mandal, aged about 35 years, son of Dilip Kumar Saha @ Mandal, resident of village-Torai, P.O. Torai, P.S. Hiranpur, District-Pakur, Jharkhand ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Jitendra Tripathi, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Sushma Aind, A.P.P. 03/ 19.01.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Hiranpur P.S. Case No. 86 of 2025, registered under sections 281/125(a)/125(b)/126(2)/115(2)/117(2)/109/303 (2)/352/351 (3) of BNS, pending in the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate at Pakur. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case due to personal enmity. He further submits that accident took place between the Scorpio vehicle of the petitioner and motorcycle of the son of the informant. He next submits that injury is simple in nature which has come in the injury report of the I.O and it has been stated that injury is not caused by hard and blunt substance. He also submits that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 12 of the petition. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioner may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that allegation of assault is there. 5. Looking into contents of F.I.R, it transpires that accident took place between the Scorpio vehicle of the petitioner and motorcycle of the ( 2026:JHHC:1272 ) son of the informant. Injury is simple in nature and it has been stated that injury is not caused by hard and blunt substance and further the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 12 of the petition. 6. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner Accordingly, the above named, petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of his surrender / arrest, the petitioner 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 Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate at Pakur, in connection with Hiranpur P.S. Case No. 86 of 2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.19.01.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-