( 2026:JHHC:1698 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 160 of 2026 Pradip Kumar Mandal, aged about 26 years, son of Bhuneshwar Mandal, resident of village Gapai, P.O. Baddiha, P.S. Giridih (M), District-Giridih ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Tarun Kr. No. 1, Advocate For the State : Mr. Manoj Kr. Mishra, A.P.P. 05/ 22.01.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Meral P.S. Case No. 76/2025, registered under sections 316 (2), 316(4), 338, 336(3), 340 (2) of BNS and section 66 (C), 66 (D) of I.T. Act, pending in the Court of learned S.D.J.M, Garhwa. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case and the name of the petitioner has come in the confessional statement of the co-accused Laxman Mandal who has withdrawn Rs. 21,00,000/- by way of 23 transactions. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that the petitioner was accomplish of said Laxman Mandal. 5. Considering that the name of petitioner has come in the confessional statement and all the transactions have been made by the said Laxman Mandal, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the above named, petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of his surrender / arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M, Garhwa, in connection ( 2026:JHHC:1698 ) with Meral P.S. Case No. 76/2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.22.01.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-