2025:JHHC:17367 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No.534 of 2025 ------ Mahfuj Ansari, S/o Late Kurban Ansari, R/o Bamandiha (Gausnagar), P.O. Nigni, P.S. Lohardaga, District Lohardaga. .… … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand. … … Opposite Party ------ CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J. ------ For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Afaque Ahmed, Advocate Mr. Altaf Hussain, Advocate For the State : Mr. Arup Kumar Dey, A.P.P. ----- 03/ 01.07.2025 Heard the parties. 2. This anticipatory bail application under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, has been preferred by the petitioner apprehending his arrest for offences under Sections 316(5), 318(4) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 3. It is alleged that in MGNREGA Scheme, the petitioner had retained money as the same was not spent. The petitioner was directed to deposit the said amount but he did not deposit the same, for which the instant case under the aforesaid Sections has been filed alleging that the petitioner has defalcated the amount. 4. Learned counsel representing the petitioner submits that the petitioner has now deposited the due amount of Rs.98,240/-. 5. Learned A.P.P. representing the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. However, he also admits that the aforesaid amount has been deposited by the petitioner. 6. Considering the fact that the petitioner has deposited 2025:JHHC:17367 2 the aforesaid amount, I am inclined to allow this application. 7. Accordingly, this Anticipatory Bail Application stands allowed. The petitioner, above named, is 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 his surrender or arrest, he shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand), with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Lohardaga, in connection with Senha P.S. Case No.85 of 2024, 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, having sufficient landed property in his name or in the name of his ancestors in which he is having share and to that effect, he has to file an affidavit before the Trial Court indicating his share in the property. (ANANDA SEN, J.) Prashant. Cp-3