2026:JHHC:758 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI ABA No.82 of 2026 Mahendra Singh, aged about 53 years, S/o Chandradeep Singh, R/o At- Gyatri Nagar Baralota, PO- Gla Collage, Daltonganj, PS- Daltonganj, Dist.- Palamau, State- Jharkhand …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … Opp. Party -------- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Raj Nandan Chatterjee, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Mohua Palit, APP ------ 2/13.01.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of Petitioner and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Daltonganj Town P.S Case No.286 of 2024 registered u/s 323,420,506 of Indian Penal Code, pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Palamau. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that in the FIR itself it is admitted that the money has been invested in the business. He also submits informant has stolen three cheques and tried to misuse the same. He next submits by way of Annexure-2, the notice under 35(3) of BNSS has been replied by the petitioner, wherein in para 7, it has been disclosed that the petitioner has paid a sum of Rupees fourteen lakhs to the informant and receiving is there on the non-judicial stamp contained at page 20 of the petition. He further submits that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in Para 14 of the petition. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that allegations are there of taking of money. 2026:JHHC:758 2 5. Considering that prima facie, it appears that petitioner and informant have business term, petitioner has replied notice under Section 35(3) of BNSS, receiving of a sum of Rupees Fourteen Lakhs has been signed by the informant. In that view of the matter, the petitioner above named is directed to surrender before the learned Court within two weeks and the learned Court shall release the petitioner on such terms and condition or sureties, the learned Court may deem fit and proper. 6. This Anticipatory Bail Application is accordingly disposed of. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 13.01.2026 R.Kumar