2026:JHHC:24069 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 4498 of 2026 ---- Ramkhelawan Ram, aged about 55 years, son of Late Devdhari Ram, resident of village – Kendinagar, PO and PS – Rajpur, District – Chatra .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Rajesh Kr. Singh, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Praful Jojo, Advocate ---- 02/12.08.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner as well as learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Rajpur P.S. Case No.30 of 2026, for the alleged offences registered under Sections 318, 335, 336, 337 and 338 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Chatra.

3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that initially the informant has lodged the complaint case which was later on converted into FIR. He further submits that false allegation is made of taking the land of the informant on forged agreement. He then submits that even the agreement has not been annexed with the complaint and now the FIR has been registered. He next submits that the petitioner is brother-in-law of the informant and she has implicated all the family member of the petitioner and wife and son of the petitioner has been granted anticipatory bail by the impugned order, however, anticipatory bail of the petitioner has been rejected. --1-- A.B.A. No. 4498 of 2026 2026:JHHC:24069 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that allegations are there of claiming land on the forged agreement. 5. Considering that the said agreement was not annexed in the complaint petition, however, later on the said complaint was converted into FIR and the wife and son of the petitioner has been granted anticipatory bail by learned Sessions Judge and the petitioner is said to be brother-in-law of the informant and it has been pointed out that after death of the husband of the informant the FIR has been lodged. In the attending facts and circumstances of this case, I am inclined to provide anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

6. Accordingly, the petitioner, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today, and in the event of his surrender/arrest, the petitioner, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand), with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Chatra in connection with Rajpur P.S. Case No.30 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 12.08.2026 Sangam/ --2-- A.B.A. No. 4498 of 2026