2026:JHHC:19399 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 3510 of 2026 ---- Narayan Yadav, son of late Sobran Yadav, aged about 36 years, resident of Village Tethlibodra, PO Alpito PS Bishnugarh, District Hazaribagh, Jharkhand .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Himanshu Harsh, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Advocate ---- 2/02.07.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioner and for State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Bishnugarh PS Case No.77 of 2025, for offence registered under section 406, 409, 419, 420, 201, 427, 120B of the IPC, pending in court of learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Hazaribagh . 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that the petitioner happened to be the contractor and he has executed certain work like putting tap in the house, laying hand-pump as well as construction of pavement block road pursuant to the contract provided to him and he has completed the work and has received the amount of Rs.23,80,000/-. He next submits that since the work was completed and payment has been made by non-other than the Mukhia of the said Panchayat, Alpito. He also submits that the Pahchayat Secretary and the Mukhia have been granted anticipatory bail by this Court in ABA No.6872 of 2025 and ABA No.35 of 2026, respectively and on these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail to the petitioner may kindly be granted. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that the allegations are there of not completing the work and the payment 2026:JHHC:19399 2 has been made. 5. While granting anticipatory bail to the Mukhia it has been considered that in that case submission was made that the work has been completed and thereafter the payment was made and pursuant to that, the Mukhia and his wife have been granted anticipatory bail and the Panchayat Secretary has also been granted anticipatory bail and the petitioner is said to be the contractor and in view of the submission on behalf of the Mukhia in the said case, it transpires that, after completion of the work, the payment has been made by the Mukhia and the allegation is made of not completing the work and making payment to the petitioner, and in the attending facts and circumstances of the instant case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to 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 First Class, Hazaribagh, in connection with Bishnugarh PS Case No.77 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 02.07.2026 SI/