( 2026:JHHC:25768 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 3265 of 2026 With A.B.A. No. 3910 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3265 of 2026 Pramod Kumar Singh, aged about 65 years, S/o Late Kishori Singh, R/o Bishunpur, P.O. & P.S. Bishunpur, District- Dhanbad, State- Jharkhand … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party With A.B.A. No. 3910 of 2026 Laxman Chandra Pramanik @ Lakshman Chandra Pramanik, aged about 56 years, S/o Mitan Chandra Pramanik, R/o Sabalpur, P.O. & P.S. Saraidhela, District- Dhanbad, State- Jharkhand … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioners : Mr. Raj Nandan Chatterjee, Advocate (In both cases) For the State : Mr. Zeeshan Ahmad Khan, A.C. to S.C.-VII (In A.B.A.- 3265/26) Mr. P.C. Sinha, A.C. to G.A-III (In A.B.A.- 3910/26) ----- 04/27.08.2026 Both the A.B.As. are arising out of same FIR and in view of that, with consent of the parties both the applications have been heard together. 2. Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and learned counsel appearing for the State in respective cases. 3. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Patherdih P.S. Case No.13/2019, registered for the offence under Sections 420, 406, 409, 467, 468, 471, 120B of the Indian Penal Code, pending in the Court of the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Dhanbad. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that so far as the allegation of misappropriation of money is concerned, that allegation is there against main accused, namely, Manash Kumar Ghosh and Soma Dey. He submits that the petitioners are not involved in embezzlement of money. He next submits that Manash Kumar Ghosh and Soma Dey have been granted ( 2026:JHHC:25768 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 3265 of 2026 With A.B.A. No. 3910 of 2026 anticipatory bail by the Coordinate Bench of this Court in A.B.A. No.5843 of 2019 and A.B.A. No.8120 of 2019. He further submits that the petitioners have also been made accused in Patherdih P.S. Case No.14 of 2019 and in that case, same allegations are made and in the said case, the petitioners have not been sent up for trial and final form has been submitted in favour of the petitioners in that case and charge-sheet has been submitted in that case only against Manash Kumar Ghosh and Soma Dey. He also submits that the petitioner in A.B.A. No.3265 of 2026 has appeared before the I.O. and that has come in para 168 of the case diary and the appearance of the petitioner in A.B.A. No.3910 of 2026 before the I.O. has been recorded in para 204 of the case diary. He then submits that the petitioners are cooperating in the investigation. He next submits that the trial against the main accused, namely, Manash Kumar Ghosh is already proceeded and it is at the fag end of conclusion. He also submits that after six years of lodging of the said case, the petitioners have received notice. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted to the petitioners. 5. Learned counsel appearing for the State in respective cases opposed the prayer and submit that at the relevant time, the petitioners were posted as Post Master and the allegation of misappropriation of money is there against them. They further submit that the cases against the petitioners have also been found to be true by the supervisory authority. On these grounds, they submit that the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners may kindly be rejected. 6. On perusal of the FIR, it transpires that the allegation of misappropriation of money is there against Manash Kumar Ghosh and Soma ( 2026:JHHC:25768 ) -3- A.B.A. No. 3265 of 2026 With A.B.A. No. 3910 of 2026 Dey and they have been granted anticipatory bail by the Coordinate bench of this Court in the aforesaid A.B.As. So far as these petitioners are concerned, the allegations of withdrawal of money are not made against them. The allegations are made against them of transfer of money to another account of another post office. The petitioners in both the cases have already appeared before the I.O. and that has come in para 168 and 204 of the case diary respectively, which suggest that the petitioners are cooperating in the investigation. It has also been pointed out that the petitioners will further go on cooperating in the investigation. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioners in both the applications. 7. Accordingly, the above-named petitioners in both the A.B.As. are directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today and in the event of their arrest or surrender, they shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Dhanbad in connection with Patherdih P.S. Case No.13/2019, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 27th August, 2026 Ajay/