2026:JHHC:16549 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2928 of 2026 ---- Rakesh Raj @ Rakesh Kumar, aged about 45 years, son of Devesh Shaw, resident of Village 49/6, Kasthadanga Link Road, Gitanjali Sangha, Sarsuna, PO and PS Thakurpukur Mahestola, District South 24 Parganas, (W.B.) .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Ravi Prakash, Advocate For the State :- Mr. P.D. Agarwal, Spl.PP ---- 2/09.06.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Spl.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Pandu P.S. Case No.28 of 2023, registered for the offence under Sections 420, 120-B, 406, 504, 506 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Palamau at Daltonganj. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that two of the co-accused have already been provided the privilege of anticipatory bail by the learned Sessions Judge in A.B.P. No. 69 and 161 of 2024 respectively, in whose account the amount has been transferred and one co-accused has been granted anticipatory bail by this Court. He next submits that in the account of the petitioner, no amount has been transferred. He further submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-10 of the petition. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the 2026:JHHC:16549 2 prayer and submits that the allegations are made that the petitioner was the master mind of entire transaction. 5. Considering that two of the co-accused have already been provided the privilege of anticipatory bail by the learned Sessions Judge in A.B.P. No. 69 and 161 of 2024 respectively, in whose account the amount has been transferred and it has been pointed out that no amount has been transferred in the account of the petitioner and one co-accused has been granted anticipatory bail by this Court as aforesaid and further the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-10 of the petition, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, petitioner, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before learned court within three 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 Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Palamau at Daltonganj, in connection with Pandu P.S. Case No. 28 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 09.06.2026 SI/