[2026:JHHC:14394] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2436 of 2026 1. Sanjay Pradhan, aged about 36 years, son of Late Narendra Pradhan, 2. Arjun Pradhan, aged about 44 years, son of Harihar Pradhan 3. Sachin @ Sachin Pradhan @ Sachin Sachindranath Pradhan, S/o Tarini Pradhan, aged about 58 years All resident of Village Asangi, Post Asangi, Police Station R.I.T, Adityapur, District Seraikella Kharsawan. ..... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioners : Mr. Jitendra S. Singh, Advocate. : Mr. Vikash Kumar, Advocate. For the State : Mrs. Kumari Rashmi, A.P.P. For the Informant : Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Advocate. ------ 03/ 12.05.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned A.P.P for the State and learned counsel appearing for the informant. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with R.I.T. P.S. Case No. 64 of 2025, registered for the offence under Sections 406/420/467/468/471/506/120-B of the Indian Penal Code, pending in the court of learned S.D.J.M., Seraikella. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have not sold any piece of land of the informant. He next submits that allegations are made that mother of the informant has executed the power of attorney in favour of these petitioners. He further submits that the land has been sold by one Dinesh Pradhan on the basis of Power of Attorney of Satish Kumar Mahapatra and he was the legal heir and successor of Ramchandra Sharma and the said land was purchased from Keshar Gour. He further submits that for the false allegations, another cases have been lodged. He also submits that in R.I.T. P.S. Case No. 68 of 2023, the quashing is pending before this [2026:JHHC:14394] -2- court in the form of Cr.M.P.. He next submits that further in Adityapur P.S. Case No. 129 of 2020, the High Court has quashed the entire proceedings in Cr.M.P. No. 2624 of 2020 and further in Adityapur P.S. Case No. 411 of 2023, the final form has been submitted by the police stating therein that the case is civil in nature. He also submits that the petitioner No. 3 is having no criminal antecedent. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be provided to the petitioners. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State and learned counsel appearing for the informant have jointly opposed the prayer and submit that the allegations are there of selling the land on the basis of forged power of attorney. 5. On query made by the court to learned counsel appearing for the informant as to whether these petitioners have sold the land or not, the learned counsel appearing for the informant submits that this is not clear as yet. 6. Regard being had to the facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners, above named. 7. Accordingly, the petitioners, named above, are directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of their surrender / arrest, the petitioners shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty five thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M., Seraikella, in connection with R.I.T. P.S. Case No. 64 of 2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-12.05.2026 Amitesh/-