( 2025:JHHC:17702 ) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 1418 of 2025 ------ Ashwini Kumar Dubey @ Ashwini Kumar Dwivedi, aged about 39 years, S/O Awadh Bihar Dubey, R/O Ward No. 7, Village – Rambandh, PO – Shivpur, PS – Kandi, District – Garhwa. … Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Jharkhand. 2. Navneet Pandey, S/O Anil Kumar Pandey, R/O Village Shastrinagar, near Mangal Bhawan, Piprakala, PO & PS – Garhwa, District – Garhwa, Jharkhand. … … Opposite Parties ------ CORAM: SRI ANANDA SEN, J. ------ For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Sanjay Kr. Pandey -2, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Priya Shrestha, APP ----- 03/ 03rd July 2025 1. Heard the learned counsel for the parties. 2. This is an application filed by the petitioner praying for grant of anticipatory bail in terms of Sections 482 and 484 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 apprehending his arrest for the offences under Sections 420 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 138 of the N.I. Act, in connection with Complaint Case No. 1779 of 2022, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Garhwa. 3. In a complaint case, there is no scope of investigating, far less custodial interrogation. As the cognizance is taken, the petitioner is directed to appear before the Trial Court in terms of the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Satender Kumar Antil Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation & Another, reported in 2022 (10) SCC 51. 4. Accordingly, the instant anticipatory bail application stands disposed of. (ANANDA SEN, J.) Aditi