( 2026:JHHC:25791 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 3822 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3822 of 2026 Binod Kumar Singh, aged about 52 years, S/o Late Bijay Kumar Singh, resident of Quarter No. B 3/584, H.E.C. Colony, Dhurwa, P.O. Dhurwa, P.S. Dhurwa, Dist.- Ranchi … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Jitendra Shankar Singh, Sr. Advocate Mr. Anil Kumar Ganjhu, Advocate For the State : Mr. Rajesh Kumar, A.P.P. ----- 05/27.08.2026 Heard learned senior 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.266/2025, registered for the offence under Sections 316(2), 318(2), 338, 336(3), 340(2), 61(2) of the BNS, pending in the Court of the learned Judicial Magistrate, XIII, Ranchi. 3. Learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner happened to be the Field Officer of the State Bank of India. He further submits that the petitioner is not named in the FIR. He submits that the Chief Manager of the State Bank of India has lodged the FIR. He then submits that the name of the petitioner has surfaced in course of investigation. He next submits that the loan has been granted by the State Bank of India in favour of 5 named accused persons and they have failed to repay the loan amount and their accounts have been declared NPA and, thereafter, the present case has been lodged. He also submits that the petitioner is not authorized to take signature and sanction the loan. ( 2026:JHHC:25791 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 3822 of 2026 He further submits that whether the property is mortgaged with any other institution or not, that veracity has to be enquired by the petitioner. He next submits that the petitioner is cooperating in the investigation. He also submits that for the similar offence, one more FIR has been lodged against the petitioner making allegation that the loanee has failed to repay the loan amount and the account has been declared NPA. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted to the portioner. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the petitioner’s involvement is disclosed in the case diary and in view of that, the prayer for anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. 5. Considering that the petitioner is the Field Officer and he is not named in the FIR and the petitioner’s role has been assigned only to the effect to find out whether property is mortgaged with any institution earlier or not and the FIR has been registered against 5 named accused persons as they have failed to repay the loan amount and their accounts have been declared NPA and it has been pointed out that the petitioner is cooperating in the investigation and he will go on cooperating further and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioner 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 ( 2026:JHHC:25791 ) -3- A.B.A. No. 3822 of 2026 amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, XIII, Ranchi in connection with Argora P.S. Case No.266/2025, 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/