[2025:JHHC:38312] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 7339 of 2025 Harsh Gupta @Harsh Kumar Gupta, aged about 29 years, Son of Arvind Kumar Gupta, resident of Village: Koiribandh, P.O./P.S.: Jharia, District: Dhanbad. ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mrs. Sarweshwari Kumari, Advocate. For the State : Mrs. Mohua Palit, A.P.P. ------ 03/ 19.12.2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Dhansar P.S. Case No. 100 of 2023, registered for the offence under Sections 420 and 406 of the Indian Penal Code, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Dhanbad. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the informants are the employees of the petitioner’s firm namely Om Sai Distributor. She next submits that part payment of salary has already paid to the employees and due to non-payment of rest of the salary, the present FIR has been registered. She then submits that earlier the compromise has taken place, however, that has not been given effect. She further submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para- 12 of the petition. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of not paying the salary. [2025:JHHC:38312] -2- 5. Considering that in the FIR itself, it has been stated that due to non-payment of salary, the case has been lodged and further the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-12 of the petition, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, named above, is directed to surrender before the learned court within four weeks from today and in the event of his surrender / arrest, the petitioner, named above, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty-five thousand), with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Dhanbad, in connection with Dhansar P.S. Case No. 100 of 2023, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-19.12.2025 Amitesh/-