2025:JHHC:16838 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 7656 of 2024 Saurav Kumar, S/o Sri Dilip Singh, R/o Bhagwanpur, Adham Khap, PO + PS Bhodhgaya, District Gaya, Pincode-824231, State Bihar Aadhar No. 3938-7941-3505. ….. Petitioner(s). Versus The State of Jharkhand ….. Opposite Party ------ CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J. ------ For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Anil Kr.Singh, Advocate For the State : Mr. Sudhir Kr. Mahto, APP ----- 06/24.06.2025: This is an application filed by the petitioner praying for grant of anticipatory bail in terms of sections 482 and 484 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, as the petitioner has been allegedly implicated in connection with Bistupur P.S. Case No.180 of 2022, corresponding to GR Case No. 1770 of 2022, for the offences punishable under sections 420 and 379 of the Indian Penal Code, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate at Jamshedpur (East Singhbhum). 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for the State. 3. The learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner and submits that the petitioner has got one criminal antecedent of like nature. 4. The allegation in the FIR is that the informant went to withdraw his amount from ATM machine and his ATM card was swapped by some other person and, thereafter, he was cheated. 5. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that during investigation Sudhakar Kumar @ Priyant Kumar and Pawan Kumar were arrested and they confessed that with the help of this petitioner they have committed the said offence. There was seizure of 11 ATM cards of different banks. 6. Though the petitioner is not named in the FIR but considering the statement of the co-accused and the fact that the petitioner is actively involved in 2025:JHHC:16838 the present case and he has got one criminal antecedent of like nature, the investigation requires appearance of the petitioner. 7. Accordingly, the instant anticipatory bail application is dismissed. (ANANDA SEN, J. ) KNR/