1 2025:CGHC:36512 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRCA No. 1116 of 2025 Rajendra Prasad S/o Late Ganesh Sao Aged About 61 Years R/o Village - Pasta, District- Balrampur-Ramanujganj, C.G. ... Applicant versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through Station House Officer Police Station Kusmi, District – Balrampur-Ramanujganj, C.G. ... Non-applicant For Applicant : Mr. Shakti Raj Sinha, Advocate. For Non-applicant/State : Mr. Jitendra Shrivastava, Govt. Advocate. Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Order On Board 28.07.2025 1. The applicant has preferred this anticipatory bail application under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of Anticipatory Bail, apprehending his arrest in connection with Crime No. 39/2025, registered at Police Station – Kusmi, District – Balrampur- Ramanujganj (C.G.) for alleged commission of offence punishable under Sections 409, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120B, and 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). 2. As per the prosecution story in brief, is that an FIR was registered on the basis of a letter issued by the Branch Manager of the District Cooperative Bank, Ambikapur, according to the complaint, the applicant was working as cashier (Substantive post- Samiti prabandhak adim jati seva sahkari RAJSHEKHAR SONI Digitally signed by RAJSHEKHAR SONI 2 samiti bank) while Ashok Kumar Soni was working as Assistant Chief Supervisor, and Attaval Singh, Vijay Kumar Uikey, and Shamal Sai were working as Branch Managers, along with other accused persons, misappropriated some amounts in 10 to 15 different accounts, when the above facts came to the knowledge of the Chief Executive Officer, Shankargarh, a committee was constituted, and according to the inquiry report, there was misappropriation in 138 entries, the misappropriation took place during the period from 2013-14 to 2023-24, and the total amount misappropriated has been calculated to be Rs. 26,47,82,462/-. Hence, this application. 3. The learned counsel for the applicant has argued that the applicant is completely innocent and further submitted that the co-accused person has been granted regular bail by this Court vide orders dated 30.06.2025 passed in MCRC Nos. 5002/2025, on the ground that the accused is an old person aged about 71 years, and the applicant is also an old aged about aged about 61 years. Therefore applicant is entitle for grant of bail. 4. On the other hand, learned State counsel opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail and submitted that, it transpires that an FIR was registered on the basis of a letter issued by the Branch Manager of the District Cooperative Bank, Ambikapur, according to the complaint, the applicant was working as cashier (Substantive post- Samiti prabandhak adim jati seva sahkari samiti bank) while Ashok Kumar Soni was working as Assistant Chief Supervisor, and Attaval Singh, Vijay Kumar Uikey, and Shamal Sai were working as Branch Managers, along with other accused persons, misappropriated some amounts in 10 to 15 different accounts, when the above facts came to the knowledge of the Chief Executive Officer, Shankargarh, a committee was constituted, and 3 according to the inquiry report, there was misappropriation in 138 entries, the misappropriation took place during the period from 2013-14 to 2023-24, and the total amount misappropriated has been calculated to be Rs. 26,47,82,462/-. Therefore, the present anticipatory bail application of the applicant is liable to be rejected. 5. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the material available on record. 6. Considering the facts & circumstances of the case, allegations levelled against the applicant in the FIR, and from the perusal of the records available, it transpires that an FIR was registered on the basis of a letter issued by the Branch Manager of the District Cooperative Bank, Ambikapur, according to the complaint, the applicant was working as cashier (Substantive post- Samiti prabandhak adim jati seva sahkari samiti bank) while Ashok Kumar Soni was working as Assistant Chief Supervisor, and Attaval Singh, Vijay Kumar Uikey, and Shamal Sai were working as Branch Managers, along with other accused persons, misappropriated some amounts in 10 to 15 different accounts, when the above facts came to the knowledge of the Chief Executive Officer, Shankargarh, a committee was constituted, and according to the inquiry report, there was misappropriation in 138 entries, the misappropriation took place during the period from 2013-14 to 2023-24, and the total amount misappropriated has been calculated to be Rs. 26,47,82,462/-, and it appears to be an online fraud, thus, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the applicant. 7. Accordingly, the Anticipatory Bail application of the applicant – Rajendra Prasad, filed under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023 in connection with 4 Crime No. 39/2025, registered at Police Station – Kusmi, District – Balrampur-Ramanujganj (C.G.) for alleged commission of offence punishable under Sections 409, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120B, and 34 of the IPC, is rejected. Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) Chief Justice Rajshekhar