( 2025:JHHC:26507) -1- A.B.A. No. 4966 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 4966 of 2025 Sanjay Kumar Bhandari aged about 41 years son of Rajkumar Bhandari resident of Shikaripara PO and PS Shikaripara Dist. Dumka Jharkhand … Petitioner -Versus- Central Bureau of Investigation … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. J.M. Mishra, Advocate For the CBI : Mr. Prashant Pallav, Advocate ----- 2/01.09.2025 The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with R.C. Case No. 01(A)/2023(D), registered for the offences under Sections 120-B read with Sections 409 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 13(2) read with Sections 13(1)(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, pending in the court of learned Additional District Judge-V, Dhanbad. 2. Mr. Mishra, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that Manoj Kumar is the Branch Manager of the Bank, against whom, main allegation is made and the petitioner is the son of Raj Kumar Bhandari, however, the allegations are made that certain amount has been transferred in the account of the petitioner. He submits that the name of the petitioner has not come in the first charge-sheet, however, in the supplementary charge-sheet, the name of the petitioner has appeared. He submits that in identical situation, co-accused has been granted anticipatory bail by this Court in A.B.A. Nos.1979 of 2025, 4820 of 2025, 4896 of 2025 and 4951 of 2025. 3. Mr. Prashant Pallav, learned counsel appearing for the CBI has opposed the prayer and submits that the petitioner in connivance with the Branch Manager, have mis-utilized the amount of the retired persons. He further submits that sum of Rs.27 Lakhs has been transferred in the account of the ( 2025:JHHC:26507) -2- A.B.A. No. 4966 of 2025 petitioner and in view of that, the prayer for anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. 4. Considering that now the chargesheet has already been submitted and the petitioner was not arrested by the CBI in course of investigation and in view of that, it transpires that the petitioner has co-operated in the investigation and further in the first chargesheet, the petitioner was not named and subsequently, in the supplementary chargesheet, the petitioner has been made accused and in the aforesaid ABAs co-accused have been provided privilege of anticipatory bail and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to provide privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 5. Accordingly, the petitioner, named above, 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 Additional District Judge-V, Dhanbad in connection with R.C. Case No.- 01(A)/2023(D), subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) SI/