PANKAJ KUMAR KHANDELWAL ALIAS PANKAJ KHANDELWAL v. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND
A.B.A./5483/2025 · 2025-09-18
Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi
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( 2025:JHHC:28704 )
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 5483 of 2025
Pankaj Kumar Khandelwal @ Pankaj Khandelwal, aged about 35 years, son of Sri Ramawatar Khandelwal, resident of House No. 153, Ram Tekri Road, Jugsalai Road, P.O. and P.S. Jugsalai, Jamshedpur, East Singhbhum ...... … Petitioner
Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party
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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners
:Mr. Avnish Prakhar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Fahad Allam, A.P.P.
02/ 18.09.2025: Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Adityapur P.S. Case No. 103 of 2024, registered under sections 414, 413, 420, 120B and 34 of the I.P.C, corresponding to sections 61 (2) and 132(1) (b) of the Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Seraikella.
3.
Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that earlier petitioner has moved in A.B.A. No.3783 of 2024 which was dismissed as withdrawn vide order dated 15.04.2025. He further submits that co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No. 3640 of 2024 by
order dated 31.05.2024 and in A.B.A. No. 3910 of 2024 by order dated
22.07.2024. On these grounds, she submits that the petitioners may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail.
4.
Learned counsel for the State oppose the prayer and submits that earlier the anticipatory bail application of the petitioner has been dismissed as withdrawn and there is no fresh ground.
4.
It appears that co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail on 31.05.2024 and 22.07.2024 respectively and the
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anticipatory bail of the petitioners have been dismissed as withdrawn on 15.04.2025 and there is no change of circumstance to file present anticipatory bail application directly before the High Court and further it appears that after change of roster the present anticipatory bail application has been filed.
5. Accordingly, this anticipatory bail application is dismissed.
Dt.18.09.2025
( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-