( 2026:JHHC:20145 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 2736 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2736 of 2026 Binod Kumar Goyal, aged about 66 years, son of Ramrichipal Agarwal, resident of Naya Bazar, D B Road, Jugsalai, P.O. & P.S. Jugsalai, District- Jamshedpur, State- Jharkhand … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Anupam Anand, Advocate Ms. Manjusha Priya, Advocate For the State : Mr. Prabhu Dayal Agrawal, Spl.P.P. ----- 05/08.07.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Chaibasa Sadar P.S. Case No.116 of 2020, registered for the offence under Sections 406, 409, 420 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, pending in the Court of the learned C.J.M., Chaibasa. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case alleging of selling the rice of Food Corporation of India in open market and embezzled a sum of Rs.1,66,91,363.87/-. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that serious allegation is there against the petitioner of misappropriating sum of Rs.1,66,91,363.87/-. He further submits that the petitioner is having two other criminal antecedents of identical nature. He next submits that the petitioner has also changed the establishment name and earlier he was doing the business in the name of Balaji Rice Mill. On these grounds, he submits that the prayer for anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. ( 2026:JHHC:20145 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 2736 of 2026 5. On perusal of the FIR, it transpires that the allegations are made by the District Supply Officer cum District Manager, Jharkhand State Food Corporation, West Singhbhum, Chaibasa alleging therein that the petitioner did not deposit the Custom Milled Rice and disposed of the same in black market and thus misappropriated Rs.1,66,91,363.87/-. It has been further alleged that the petitioner was doing the business in the name and style of Balaji Rice Mill and now it has been changed in the name of M/s Assay Ceramic and Chemical Pvt. Ltd. The petitioner is also having two other criminal antecedents of identical nature. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner and, as such, his prayer for anticipatory bail is, hereby, rejected. 6. Accordingly, this application is dismissed. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 8th July, 2026 Ajay/