2026:JHHC:13124 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2023 of 2026 ---- Ronit Sharma @ Rohit Sharma aged about 31 years, son of Ashok Sharma resident of Village Govindpur Kurtha, PO and PS Fatuha, District Patna, Bihar .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Ms Aprajita Bharadwaj, Advocate Mr. Abhishek Abhi, Advocate Ms Khushi Mahendru, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Satish Kr Keshri, Advocate ---- 4/04.05.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioner and for State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Gumla PS Case No.37 of 2023, for offence registered under section 406, 420 and 34 of the IPC, pending in court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gumla. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that the informant and Bhuneshwar Kumar were in business and the informant was supplying wood to Bhuneshwar Kumar. She next submits that the allegations are made that Rs.6,17,914/- has not been paid. She submits that the fact remains that Bhuneshwar Kumar paid the amount to the informant and if any dispute is there, that is commercial in nature and for that criminal case has been lodged. She further submits that so far as the petitioner is concerned, the only allegation is made against the petitioner to make request to the informant for release the wood in favour of Bhuneshwar Kumar and the petitioner has assured for payment to the informant and 2026:JHHC:13124 2 the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no.22. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that the allegation is there of not paying Rs.6,17,614/- 5. In the FIR the allegations are made that this petitioner has requested the informant to release the wood and the payment will be made and the allegation of purchasing and not paying the amount is there against one Bhuneshwar Kumar and it has been pointed out that Bhuneshwar Kumar has already paid certain amount through RTGS and Bank transfer, and prima-facie, it appears that for a civil wrong, the criminal case has been lodged, and in the attending facts and circumstances of the present case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before learned court within two weeks from today, and in event of his surrender/arrest, the petitioner, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand), with two sureties of like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gumla, in connection with Gumla PS Case No.37 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 04.05.2026 SI/