2026:JHHC:20931 --1-- A.B.A. No. 3790 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3790 of 2026 ---- Harikesh Kumar, aged about 53 years, S/o Ram Raj, R/o Surya Path, Baridih Basti, PO and PS – Sidhgora, District – East Singhbhum, Jharkhand .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Amit Kr. Das, Sr. Advocate :- Mr. Vineet Sinha, Advocate :- Mr. Manmohit Bhalla, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Shiv Shankar Kumar, Advocate ---- 02/15.07.2026 Heard learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioner as well as learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Sidhgora P.S. Case No.48 of 2026, for the alleged offences registered under Sections 108 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Jamshedpur. 3. Learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a manager in a company namely Mitra S.K. Pvt. Ltd. He further submits that the deceased was also working in the said company and he has attended the age of superannuation and his payment of PF was delayed. He then submits that PF amount was deducted by the management of the said company and 2026:JHHC:20931 --2-- A.B.A. No. 3790 of 2026 was transferred to the Employees Provident Fund Organization. He next submits that even the application of the deceased has been forwarded by the petitioner to the management for continuing in the service even after the superannuation and he was working in the said company. He also submits that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph No.19 of the petition. He next submits that only because the petitioner is a manager of Mitra Sk. Pvt. Ltd. Company the petitioner has been implicated in this case. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the petitioner is a manager of Mitra Sk. Pvt. Ltd. Company and he has not taken action for payment of PF amount to the deceased and in view of that he has committed suicide. 5. In the FIR there is only allegation that the petitioner was not acting for payment of PF amount of the deceased. There is procedure of release of the PF amount and that authority is with the office of Employees Provident Fund Organization and apart from that there is no allegation against the petitioner in the FIR. In the attending facts and circumstances of this case, I am inclined to provide anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today, and in the event of his surrender/arrest, the petitioner, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of 2026:JHHC:20931 --3-- A.B.A. No. 3790 of 2026 Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand), with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Jamshedpur in connection with Sidhgora P.S. Case No.48 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 15.07.2026 Sangam/