2026:JHHC:21684 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 4001 of 2026 ---- Nikhil Prasad, aged about 40 years, son of Umesh Prasad, resident of Village Chandwa, PO and PS Chandwa, District Latehar, Jharkhand .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Ashish Kr Thakur, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Manoj Kumar Mishra, Advocate ---- 2/22.07.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioner and for State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Chandwa PS Case No.141 of 2023, for offence registered under section 420, 406, 467, 468, 471 of IPC, pending in court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Latehar. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that the power of attorney was done in Ranchi on 07.05.2016 for the land measuring area 12.24 acres situated at Village Hutap, however, the FIR was lodged on 05.07.2023. He next submits that the petitioner has purchased the land measuring 3.18 acres from one Sanjay Prasad Gupta @ Sanjay Prasad Sahu @ Sanjay Kumar Gupta and the said Gupta has been granted anticipatory bail in ABA No.9843 of 2023. He also submits that the co-accused namely Govinda Kumar @ Pappu Kumar has been granted anticipatory bail in ABA No.3918 of 2026 and the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed 2026:JHHC:21684 2 in paragraph no.12 of the petition. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that the allegations are there of selling the land on the basis of forged power of attorney. 5. Considering that the petitioner has purchased the land from Sanjay Prasad Gupta @ Sanjay Prasad Sahu @ Sanjay Kumar Gupta who was having power of attorney and the said Gupta has been granted anticipatory bail as aforesaid and it has been pointed out that in the Circle Office the name of the petitioner has been mutated, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the 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 Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Latehar, in connection with Chandwa PS Case No.141 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 22.07.2026 SI/