( 2026:JHHC:20029 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 3641 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3641 of 2026 Baijnath Kachhap, aged about 51 years, son of Late Marju Kachhap, resident of Village- Chete Rugdi Toli, P.O. & P.S. Sithiyo, District- Ranchi … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Gautam Kumar Pandey, Advocate For the State : Mr. Suraj Deo Munda, A.P.P. For the Informant : Mr. Ayush Kumar Verma, Advocate ----- 05/08.07.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, learned counsel appearing for the State and learned counsel appearing for the informant. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Karra P.S. Case No.85 of 2025, registered for the offence under Sections 115, 318, 351 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, pending in the Court of the learned S.D.J.M., Khunti. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been false implicated in the case. He further submits that the allegations are made that the petitioner has cheated the informant and taken Rs.7 Lakhs for transferring the land. He refers to the agreement which is the part of the FIR and submits that there is no signature of the informant on the said agreement, however, the signature of the petitioner is said to be there, but it is a forged one. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted to the petitioner. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State and informant jointly opposed the prayer and submit that the allegations are there of taking money and not transferring the land. ( 2026:JHHC:20029 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 3641 of 2026 5. The Court has perused the agreement and finds that in the said agreement, there is no signature of the informant, whereas, the allegations are made of taking money of Rs.7 Lakhs and not transferring the land in favour of the informant. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today and in the event of his arrest or surrender, he shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M., Khunti in connection with Karra P.S. Case No.85 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 8th July, 2026 Ajay/