2026:JHHC:15719 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2807 of 2026 --- Sachin Mandal @ Sachin Kumar, S/o Pramath Chandra Mandal, Resident of Village and PO-Maharajganj, PS-Tundi, Dist- Dhanbad. … … Petitioner(s) Versus The State of Jharkhand … … Opposite Party(s) --- CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RONGON MUKHOPADHYAY --- For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. A.K. Kashyap, Sr. Advocate For the Opposite Party(s) : Spl. PP --- 2/29.05.2026 Heard Mr. A.K. Kashyap, learned senior counsel for the petitioner and learned Spl.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Dhansar P.S. Case No.24 of 2026. 3. It has been alleged that the petitioner had induced the informant and other persons to provide their Aadhar Card, PAN Card and photographs, on the pretext of opening accounts and thereafter, the bank accounts were opened and utilized for suspicious monetary transactions without the knowledge of the account holders. 4. Submission has been advanced by the learned senior counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is an employee of Axis Bank and had merely facilitated the opening of the accounts. 5. It has been submitted that the informant had himself given the necessary documents to the petitioner for opening the account which was subsequently suppressed by him. 6. Learned senior counsel further submits that the petitioner merely being an employee of Axis Bank Limited does not have any access to the accounts so opened and therefore, the petitioner cannot be said to have made a wrongful gain by having any concern with the suspicious transactions in the accounts as alleged. It has been submitted that the petitioner does not have any criminal antecedents. 7. Learned Spl.P.P. for the State has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner. 2026:JHHC:15719 2 8. Regard being had to the aforesaid facts, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 9. Accordingly, the petitioner above named is directed to surrender in the trial Court within four weeks and pray for bail, and in that event, he shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Addl. Sessions Judge- II, Dhanbad in connection with Dhansar P.S. Case No.24 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. 10. This application stands allowed. (Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J) 29th May, 2026. S.K.D/- Uploaded on 01.06.2026