2026:JHHC:4102 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 9134 of 2019 Anita Alda, daughter of Late Bal Krishna Alda, resident of village Ganjia, P.O. Kokcho, P.S. Manjhari, District West Singhbhum. … … Petitioner Versus Union of India through CBI … Opposite Party ------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RONGON MUKHOPADHYAY ------- For the Petitioner: Mrs. Ritu Kumar, Adv. For the CBI : Mr. Deepak Kumar Bharati, Adv. ------- 18/06.02.2026 Heard Mrs. Ritu Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Deepak Kumar Bharati, learned counsel appearing for the C.B.I. The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in connection with R.C.4(A)/2013-R registered for the offences under Sections 120B r/w Sections 201, 420, 468 and 471 of I.P.C. and Section 13(2) r/w Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. It has been alleged that the officials of JPSC along with Sri Dhiraj Kumar, representative of M/s Global Informatics, Ranchi had entered into criminal conspiracy among themselves and in pursuance thereof, the public servants in strict abuse of their respective official positions, dishonestly and fraudulently manipulated / allowed to manipulate the merit list, assessment charts, etc. of the examination/interview to extend undue benefit to their preferred candidates. It has been submitted by Mrs. Ritu Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner that charge sheet has been submitted by the CBI and some of the co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No. 3349/2022 and its analogous cases. It has further been submitted that the petitioner is not named in the First Information Report, but her name has surfaced in course of investigation of being a beneficiary in the examination. It has further been submitted that the petitioner has 2 been appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of English in the year 2008 and she has an unblemished career. Mr. Deepak Kumar Bharati, learned counsel for the CBI has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner and has submitted that the petitioner had received only 96 marks in the 3rd paper of JET examination, whereas the minimum marks required was 100, which would in effect suggest the connivance and manipulations carried out by the petitioner. Admittedly, charge sheet has been submitted by the CBI and some of the co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No. 3349/2022 and its analogous cases. The petitioner is said to be a beneficiary in such transactions. On consideration of the aforesaid facts, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, she is directed to surrender before the learned court below within a period of four weeks and on her surrender, she shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge, CBI, Ranchi in connection with R.C.4(A)/2013-R, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. This application stands allowed. Pending interlocutory application(s), if any, stand(s) closed. (Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J.) Dated: 06.02.2026 Shamim/- Uploaded on: 16/02/2026