2025:JHHC:16624 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No.6820 of 2024 ------ 1.Subodh Prasad Singh, son of late Kartrik Prasad Singh 2.Purnima Kumari, daughter of Subodh Prasad Singh Both are residents of Ghari Bangla, Sabzi Market, PO and PS Lalpur, District Ranchi, Jharkhand … … Petitioner(s) Versus 1.The State of Jharkhand. 2.Sooraj Srivastava, son of Mohanlal Srivastava, resident of House No. 730, RIT, Viraj Nagar, Burdwan Compound, Lalpur, PO and PS Lalpur, District Ranchi, Jharkhand … … Opposite Party(s) With A.B.A. No.92 of 2025 ------ Rohit Raj @ Subham Singh @ Shubham son of Subodh Prasad Singh, resident of Ghari Bangla, Sabzi Market, PO and PS Lalpur, District Ranchi, Jharkhand … … Petitioner(s) Versus 1.The State of Jharkhand. 2.Sooraj Srivastava, son of Mohanlal Srivastava, resident of House No. 730, RIT, Viraj Nagar, Burdwan Compound, Lalpur, PO and PS Lalpur, District Ranchi, Jharkhand … … Opposite Party(s) ------ CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J. ------ For the Petitioner(s) :Mr. Nikhilesh Kr. Chatterjee, Advocate. Mr. Shiv Prasad, Advocate Mr. Sushil Kumar Verma, Advocate For the State :Mr. Manoj Kumar Mishra, A.P.P. ----- 05/ 23.06.2025 Heard the parties and the investigating officer of this case who is present in this Court. 2. These anticipatory bail applications under Sections 482 and 484 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, have been preferred by the petitioners apprehending their arrest for offences registered under Sections 406, 420 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code. 3. At the very outset, the investigating officer submits that when first notice was issued under section 41A of Cr.PC the petitioners did not appeared but later on they appeared. 2025:JHHC:16624 2 Thereafter when it was again felt necessary to investigate, he went to the house of the petitioners but the petitioners did not appeared. On query he submits that if the petitioners cooperates with the investigation, it is not necessary to arrest the petitioners. 4. Learned A.P.P. representing the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. 5. After hearing the parties, especially Mr. Mahesh Tewari, the learned counsel for the informant, I find there is an allegation against these petitioners that on the pretext of providing CNF Agency Rs. 23,75,000/- was paid through different accounts to Rohit Raj. CNF Agency was ultimately not granted. It is further alleged that one lac rupees was returned and the balance amount was to be refunded for which cheques were issued by the father and the sister of the Rohit Raj. Ultimately those cheques were dishonored for which a case under section 138 of NI Act was filed. Thereafter as the CNF was not granted inspite of the receipt of the money this criminal case under section 420 and other allied provisions was filed. 6. After going through the submission of the parties and especially submission of the investigating officer since it has been submitted that if the petitioners cooperates with the investigation, it is not necessary to arrest them, this Court is inclined to allow this anticipatory bail application. 7. Accordingly, these Anticipatory Bail Applications stand allowed. The petitioners, above named, are directed to surrender before the learned court below within four weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order and on the event of their surrender or arrest, they shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi, in connection with Lalpur P.S. Case No. 320 of 2023, subject to the condition that one of the bailers should be a close relative of the petitioner and other should be a resident of State of Jharkhand, 2025:JHHC:16624 3 having sufficient landed property in his/her name or in the name of his/her ancestors in which he/she is having share and to that effect, he/she has to file an affidavit before the Trial Court indicating his/her share in the property. 8. Further the petitioners should appear before the investigating officer once in 15 days till submission of the Final Form. 9. Personal appearance of the Investigating Officer is dispensed with. (ANANDA SEN, J.) Tanuj/Cp-3