[ 2026:JHHC:1452] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 994 of 2026 Ashish Lakra, aged about 41 years, son of Manjar Lakra, resident of H NO. 231, Guhi Road, Naya Toli, P.O. & P.S.- Argora, District - Ranchi, Jharkhand. ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Ashok Kumar Sinha, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Rakesh Kumar Sinha, A.P.P. ------ 03/ 12.05.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Khelgaon P.S. Case No. 105 of 2023, registered for the offence under Sections 406, 420, 409, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate-XXVIII, Ranchi. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case and petitioner has nothing to do with the providing of loan to the wife of the informant. He next submits that false allegation is there against the petitioner. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be provided to the petitioner. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the petitioner in connivance with his associate and the Bank employee has mislead the wife of the informant and committed the said fraud. He next submits that the petitioner has obtained the signature of the wife of the informant on blank paper and [ 2026:JHHC:1452] -2- thereafter the loan was sanctioned. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. 5. In the FIR, it has been alleged that informant, who is serving in the Indian Army and when he returned back to his house, he discovered that a loan of Rs. 8,00,000/- has been fraudulently sanctioned and credited to his account without his knowledge or his consent and on enquiry, the Bank officials informed him that out of the said amount, Rs. 6,76,000/-, Rs. 90,000/- and Rs. 45,000/- were transferred in different accounts including the account of one Abhishek Mukherjee. Further the informant’s wife has been informed that the petitioner along with other associated and bank employee got the said amount transferred by way taking the signature of the informant’s wife on blank paper. 6. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to provide anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, his prayer for anticipatory bail is rejected. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-12.05.2026 Amitesh/-