2026:JHHC:3277 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 6327 of 2025 ---- Anant Kumar, aged about 48 years, son of Shri Sarju Pandit, resident of Kumhartoli, PO, PS and Dist.Hazaribagh, Jharkhand .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Shadab Eqbal, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Sunil Kumar Dubey, Advocate ---- 2/04.02.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioner and for State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Sadar P.S. Case No.20 of 2015, for offence registered under section 406, 409, 419, 420, 120B IPC, pending in court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hazaribagh. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that the allegations are made of not complying the agreement and not supplying rice to the Corporation meant for such paddies. He also submits that the petitioner has already returned the alleged amount to the said corporation by way of RTGS and he also submits that the same has also been admitted in paragraph no.16 of the counter affidavit. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that the said amount has been transferred by the petitioner through RTGS to 2026:JHHC:3277 2 the Corporation in question. 5. Considering that in paragraph no.16 of the counter affidavit, it has been admitted that the said amount has been transferred to the Corporation by way of RTGS by the petitioner, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to petitioner. 6. Accordingly, petitioner, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before learned court within four weeks from today, and in event of his surrender/arrest, 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 satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hazaribagh, in connection with Sadar P.S. Case No.20 of 2015, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 04.02.2026 SI/