2026:JHHC:19667 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 3540 of 2026 ---- Rakesh Pandey, aged about 52 years, son of late Krishna Deo Pandey, resident of Flat No.746, Kedarnath, Vijay Garden, Baridih, PO and PS Birsa Nagar, Jamshedpur, District East Singhbhum, Jharkhand .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Rajeev Ranjan Tiwary, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Azeemuddin, Advocate ---- 2/06.07.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioner and for State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Adityapur PS Case No.219 of 2024, for offence registered under section 406 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code, pending in court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Seraikella-Kharsawan. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that only allegation is made against the petitioner of verifying the address of the loanee and thereafter the bank has sanctioned the loan. He next submits that in paragraph no.7 of the complaint petition the Bank itself has stated that the loanee has changed the address later on. He next submits that the petitioner has identified the address of three persons and for that three cases have been lodged. He next submits that, however, in two of the cases, the petitioner has been granted anticipatory bail by the High Court and by the learned Sessions Judge, respectively. 2026:JHHC:19667 2 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that the allegations are there of verifying the address of the loanee and subsequently he has changed the address. 5. The allegation in the FIR is made of not paying the amount by the loanee to the Bank and later on the loanee has changed the address and in paragraph no.7 of the complaint petition which has been converted into FIR, it has been stated that the loanee has changed the address later on and in two cases the petitioner has been granted anticipatory bail as aforesaid, 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Seraikella- Kharsawan, in connection with Adityapur PS Case No.219 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 06.07.2026 SI/