2025:JHHC:26014 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No.4940 of 2025 ---- Babulal Pandey @ Bablu Pandey, aged about 39 years, son of Rajmuni Pandey, resident of Village Nawa Jaipur, PO and PS Nawajaipur, District Palamau-Jharkhand .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Ashtosh Ranjan Kumar, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Someshwar Roy, Advocate ---- 2/28.08.2025 Heard learned counsels for petitioner and for State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Manatu P.S.Case No.22 of 2022, for offence registered under section 406, 407, 408, 409, 420 and 120B of IPC, pending in court of learned Judicial Magistrate Palamau at Daltonganj. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that allegations are made that one JCB machine was used for digging pits for plantation of certain plants under the MANREGA Scheme. He submits that petitioner is driver of the said JCB machine and the allegations are made that man power was not used and the machine was being used for executing the said work and further submission is made that the co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. Nos.1300 of 2025, 4066 of 2023, 1640 of 2025, 447 of 2025 and 5872 of 2023. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that in spite of man power, said work was being executed by JCB machine under the MANREGA Scheme. 5. Considering that the co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in the aforesaid ABAs and the petitioner is said to be driver of the said JCB, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to petitioner. 6. Accordingly, petitioner, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before learned court within three weeks from today, and in event of his surrender/arrest, petitioner, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand), with two sureties of like amount each, to satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate Palamau at Daltonganj, in connection with Manatu P.S.Case No.22 of 2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) SI/