( 2025:JHHC:29488 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 3227 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3227 of 2025 Jolen Soren, S/o Ranjan Soren, aged about 66 years, R/o Village Dumar, P.O. Churchu, P.S. Churchu, District- Hazaribag, Jharkhand … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. S. Hamidul Haqe, Advocate For the State : Mr. Manoj Kumar Mishra, A.P.P. ----- 05/23.09.2025 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Barkatha P.S. Case No.108/2012, corresponding to G.R. No.3825/2012, registered for the offence under Sections 467/468/471/406 of the IPC, pending in the Court of the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Hazaribag. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the informant himself entered into an agreement with the Birsa Seva Samiti, Ramgarh represented by its Secretary Ashok Ram and he has knowledge about the amount which was required to be paid to the Secretary for completion of work. He further submits that the allegations are made of payment of excess amount of Rs.34,64,900/- on the part of the informant. He then submits that when the matter was exposed, the informant issued notice to Birsa Seva Samiti through its Secretary Ashok Ram and when Ashok Ram refused to pay excess money, the informant lodged the present FIR to protect himself and show his bona fide. He also submits that the departmental proceeding was drawn up against the informant of this case along with petitioner and two other staff and as per the enquiry report, misappropriated amount of Rs.50 Lakhs was recovered from the informant and three other staff including the petitioner. He next submits that as per the direction of the Deputy Commissioner, Rs.12,50,000/- was recovered from the pay and retiral benefits of the petitioner. He further submits that Sandeep Kumar Maddheshiya @ Sandip Kr. Modhesiya, who is informant in this case, was later on made accused, has been granted anticipatory bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Court in A.B.A. No.3582 of 2023, vide order dated 09.11.2023. ( 2025:JHHC:29488 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 3227 of 2025 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of misappropriating the Government money. 5. Considering that in departmental proceeding, direction was issued to recover the amount of Rs.12,50,000/- from the petitioner and that has been recovered and further considering that one co-accused has been granted anticipatory bail in the aforesaid A.B.A. and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today and in the event of his arrest or surrender, he will be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Hazaribag in connection with Barkatha P.S. Case No. 108/2012, corresponding to G.R. No.3825/2012, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 23rd September, 2025 Ajay/