Jyoti Kumari v. the State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
A.B.A. No. 508 of 2026, High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.), decided 02.02.2026: anticipatory bail allowed to Jyoti Kumari, Urmila Kumari, Hema Devi @ Hemi Devi and Pintu Rai @ Pintu Kumar Rai apprehending arrest in Khukhara P.S. Case No.23/2025 (Sections 115(2), 118(1), 109, 126(2), 74, 352, 351(2), 3(5) BNS) pending before Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Giridih; main assault allegation against Ganpat Rai, general and omnibus allegations against petitioners; land-dispute altercation with case and counter case; no criminal antecedent; surrender within three weeks; bail bond Rs.25,000/- each with two like sureties; conditions under Section 482(2), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to all four petitioners: they are to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks and, on arrest or surrender, be enlarged on bail on furnishing a bail bond of Rs.25,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to the conditions under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Giridih, in connection with Khukhara P.S. Case No.23/2025.