( 2026:JHHC:21578 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3959 of 2026 ---- Anup Kumar Singh, aged about 30 yrs, s/o Late Lalit Kumar Singh, r/o village & PO Karui, PS Majhiaon, Dist Garhwa, Jharkhand, Jharkhand .... Petitioner -- Versus – State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Parties ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner: - Mr. Sheo Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Shailendra Kumar Tiwari, Spl.P.P ---- 02/21.07.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Argora P.S. Case No. 84 of 2026, registered for the offence under Sections 316(2), 318(4), 61(2), 351(3) of BNS, pending in the Court of the learned JMFC, Ranchi. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that brother of the informant namely Chandan Sahu is a builder in which informant is also a partner and petitioner is a trader, who visited his office on 2023 to purchase a flat during a conversation in the office thereafter they came into contact and informant offered the petitioner to make a partnership firm and informant himself has prepared a partnership agreement dated 22.3.2023 with the petitioner which contained in Annexure-2. He submits that allegations are made of taking money of Rs.2,50,000/- and said money was invested in the trading, however loss has occurred. He submits that on the same ground a complaint case has been lodged under Section 138 of NI Act which is still pending. He submits that cheque issued by the petitioner has dishonored and it was issued as security cheque. On these grounds, petitioner may be granted anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail and submits that allegations are there of taking money and not returning the same. Annexure-2 is the partnership agreement and the agreement has occurred between the petitioner and informant. He submits that cheque is a part of the FIR that got dishonoured and one complaint case has been lodged which is still pending registered under Section 138 of NI Act. On these ground, the anticipatory bail of the petitioners’ may be rejected. ( 2026:JHHC:21578 ) 5. Prima facie, it appears that due to loss in the business arising of agreement the case has been filed and a complaint case has been lodged earlier under Section 138 of Negotiable Instrument Act, I am inclined to allow this anticipatory bail. Accordingly, the petitioner above named 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 JMFC, Ranchi in connection with Argora P.S. Case No. 84 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 21.07.2026 Anjali/- Uploaded…./07/2026