( 2025:JHHC:25177 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 2325 of 2025 ------- Meraj Ansari @ Pappu, aged about 33 years, son of Amin Ansari, resident of village Malti Gulam Toli, P.O. & P.S. Itki, District Ranchi, Jharkhand. …... …. Petitioner(s) Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. …. Opp. Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMBUJ NATH -------- For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Soumitra Baroi, Advocate For the State : Mr. Gautam Rakesh, A.P. P. -------- 04/ Dated 25.08.2025 Heard the parties. The petitioner has been made accused in connection with Itki P.S. Case No. 61 of 2022, corresponding to G.R. No.303 of 2025, for the offence registered under Sections 420 & 406 of the Indian Penal Code, pending in the court of Sri M.K. Indwar, learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st class, Ranchi. Petitioner is alleged to have induced several persons to invest their money for getting handsome returns. Later on, petitioner decamped away with the deposited amount. It appears that petitioner had embezzled about Rs.40 lakhs belonging to different persons. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that there is no documentary evidence to suggest that the victims had deposited their money with the petitioner. Considering the nature of allegation, I am not inclined to release the petitioner, on bail. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is hereby rejected. (Ambuj Nath, J.) BS/-