2025:JHHC:36962 --1-- A.B.A. No. 6990 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 6990 of 2025 ---- Manpreet Singh Chadha @ Manpreet Singh Chadda, aged about 45 years, son of Late Shri Gurdeep Singh Chadha, resident of 21, Oak Drive, DLF Chhatarpur Farms, PO – Mehrauli, PS – Fatehpur Beri, Jonapur, District – New Delhi .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Indrajit Sinha, Advocate :- Mr. Rishav Kumar, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Pankaj Kumar, Advocate ---- 03/09.12.2025 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner as well as the learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with C.P. (Excise) No. 1461 of 2019, registered for the offences under Sections 47(a), 47(A), 49, 52 and 55 of the Excise Act, pending in the Court of learned S.D.J.M., Bermo at Tenughat. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was one of the Director to the Memorandum of Association of the company (Formerly known as Guru Teg Bahadur Sugars Limited) at the time of its incorporation on 04.09.1997, however, he ceased to be a Director of the company, as he has resigned from this company from 10.07.2011 itself. He further submits that the name of the petitioner has been picked up by the prosecution from the Memorandum and Article of Association dated 04.09.1997 filed with 2025:JHHC:36962 --2-- A.B.A. No. 6990 of 2025 the Registrar of Companies at that particular time. He next submits that the persons, who had died much before the alleged date of incident have also been arrayed as an accused in the complaint case in a mechanical way. He also submits that other directors have been granted anticipatory bail in ABA Nos.5668 of 2025 and 5660 of 2025. 4. By way of referring the complaint, he submits that only allegation is made against the petitioner that he was one of the Director of the company and apart from that there is no allegation against this petitioner. 5. Learned counsel appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the petitioner has earlier moved before this court in Cr.M.P. No. 1056 of 2023, which has been dismissed by the co-ordinate bench of this court on 25.06.2025. He submits that the petitioner is named in the complaint case. On these grounds, he submits that the prayer for anticipatory bail may not be entertained. 6. In view of the above and looking into the contents of the complaint petition, it transpires that the petitioner has been arrayed as an accused only being the Director of the company and it has been pointed out in course of the argument that the petitioner has already left the said company since 10.07.2011 itself, wherein the allegation is of the year 2019 and apart from that there is no allegation and even the persons, who have left for their heavenly abode have also been made accused in the complaint case and other directors have been granted anticipatory bail in the aforesaid ABA. It further transpires that the petitioner has not filed any anticipatory bail application before this 2025:JHHC:36962 --3-- A.B.A. No. 6990 of 2025 court, however, the petitioner has tried his luck in Cr.M.P. No. 1056 of 2023 for quashing of the entire criminal proceedings, however, the same has been rejected by the co-ordinate bench by order 25.06.2025. The parameters of Section 482 of the Cr.P.C. read with Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and the anticipatory bail are different and only on the ground that the Cr.M.P. of this petitioner has been rejected and, on this ground, the prayer for anticipatory bail of this petitioner cannot be rejected. 7. In view of the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to provide the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 8. 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 S.D.J.M., Bermo at Tenughat, in connection with C.P. (Excise) Case No. 1461 of 2019, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 09.12.2025 Sangam/