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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 2385 of 2026
Ramesh Kumar, son of Prasadi Bhuiya, age 43 years, resident of Near Hanuman Mandir, Bhutgoria, Parasia, P.O. and P.S. Jharia, District-Dhanbad (Jharkhand) ...... … Petitioner
Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party
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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner
:Mr. Amit Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Priya Shrestha, Spl. P.P.
02/ 11.05.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Argora P.S. Case No. 66 of 2025, registered under sections 316(2), 318, 338, 336(3), 340(2), 61(2) (A) of BNS, 2023, pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Ranchi.
3.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that allegations are made that by way of increasing deposition of the personal account has taken advantage of express credit facility. He next submits that account of the petitioner has been freezed by the bank and the said account has been declared N.P.A and petitioner is ready to deposit the said amount in the bank. He further submits that at the time of furnishing bail bond he will deposit Rs. 1 lakh with the bank. He next submits that rest amount he will pay in equal installment fixed by the bank. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioner may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail.
4.
Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that allegations are there of utilizing the said personal bank by way of showing more deposition with the said account.
5. Considering that the matter is arising out of loan allegation and there
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is remedy under the Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act to recover the said amount. The petitioner is ready to deposit Rs. 1 lac at the time of furnishing bail bond and further petitioner is ready to pay rest of the amount in EMI fixed by the bank.
6.
In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, 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 Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Ranchi, in connection with Argora P.S. Case No. 66 of 2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023 and further subject to condition of showing receipt of deposition of Rs. 1 lac with the bank.
Dt.11.05.2026
( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-