2025:JHHC:29182 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI ABA No.5607 of 2025 Banty Rai @ Manjeet Pandey aged about 40 years son of Mahendra Pandey, resident of village Dharahara Kala, P.O. and P.S. Fatehpur, District Gaya (Bihar) …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … Opp. Party -------- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Vishal Srivastava, Advocate For the State : Mr. Navin Kr. Singh, A.P.P. ------ 2/22.09.2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of Petitioner and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest for the alleged offences registered under Sections 126(2), 127(2), 115(2), 117(2), 109, 351(2), 3(5) of BNS, 2023, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bokaro, in connection with Chira Chas P.S. Case No.104 of 2024. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the informant took money of Rs.25,00,000/- from the co-accused Niraj Kumar for business and the informant spent all the money on personal use and upon demanding the same, the informant gave a cheque of Rs.71,00,000/- but it was dishonored, then complaint case No.776 of 2024 has been filed by Niraj Kumar against the informant at Danapur Civil Court, Bihar. He further submits that there are general and omnibus allegation of assault against the petitioner and the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 14 of the petition. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposed the prayer and submits 2025:JHHC:29182 2 that allegation of assault is there. 5. In view of the above and considering that there is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioner and there is no criminal antecedent against the petitioner, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner above named is directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from the date of receipt of the order and on the event of his surrender / arrest, he shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty-Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount of each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bokaro, in connection with Chira Chas P.S. Case No.104 of 2024, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. 7. This Anticipatory Bail Application is accordingly allowed and disposed of. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 22.09.2025 R.Kumar