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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 4480 of 2026
Raja Banerjee, aged about 45 years, son of late Debu Prasad Banerjee, resident of Purana Bazar, Jitpur, P.O. gomoh, P.S. Hariharpur, District- Dhanabd (Jharkhand ). ...... … Petitioner
Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party
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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner
:Mr. Shekhar Pd. Sinha, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Vandana Bharti, A.P.P.
02/ 13.08.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Hariharpur P.S. Case No. 27 of 2026, registered under sections 316(2), 319(2), 338, 3(5) of BNS, 2023, pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Dhanbad.
3.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that allegations are made that the maturity amount of the insurance policy issued by the Bharti Axa Life Insurance Company Limited has been withdrawn and the said amount has not been paid to the nominee. He next submits that the petitioner was one of the senior agent of the said insurance company. He next submits that petitioner has already resigned from the said company on 05.12.2017 in the light of annexure-2 which is resignation letter. He further submits that allegation of withdrawal of the said amount was made on
29.04.2024. He next submits that the learned Sessions Judge has observed in the impugned order that the complicity of this petitioner is still to be ascertained. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioner may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail.
4.
Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits
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that allegations are there of manipulating of the amount of the insurance company.
5.
Anneuxre-2 is the document which clearly suggests that the petitioner has already resigned from the said company on 05.12.2017 and allegation of withdrawal of the said amount was made on 29.04.2024. The learned Sessions Judge has observed in the impugned order that the complicity of this petitioner is still to be ascertained. The petitioner is ready to cooperate in the investigation.
6.
In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the above named, petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of his surrender / arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Dhanbad, in connection with Hariharpur P.S. Case No. 27 of 2026, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023.
Dt.13.08.2026
( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-