Neutral Citation No. ( 2026:JHHC:9917-DB ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Criminal Appeal (D.B.) No. 254 of 2026 Manjari Shrivastava, W/o Chandra Prakash Ranu, Resident of 2A002, Akme Encore Apartment, P.S.- Hal Station, P.O.- Brookfield, District- Bengaluru/ Karnataka. … Appellant Versus State of Jharkhand … Respondent ……….. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RONGON MUKHOPADHYAY HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PRADEEP KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ……….. For the Appellant : Mr. Jitendra S. Singh, Adv. For the State : Mr. Pankaj Kumar, P.P. ……….. Order No. 06 / Dated, 1st April, 2026 Per Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J. Heard Mr. Jitendra S. Singh, learned counsel for the appellant and Mr. Pankaj Kumar, learned P.P. for the State. 2. This appeal is directed against the order dated 03.02.2026 passed by the learned Additional Judicial Commissioner-XVIII-cum-Special Judge, CID/ATS, Ranchi in A.B.P. No. 119/2026, arising out of A.T.S. P.S. Case No. 01/2022, whereby and whereunder the prayer for anticipatory bail of the appellant has been rejected. 3. It has been alleged that a secret information was received that notorious criminal Aman Srivastava was receiving extortion money by threatening different industrialists and coal businessmen. It has further been alleged that Aman Srivastava with the aid of his brother Avik Srivastava (appellant), Manjari Srivastava, Chandra Prakash Ram, Sidharatha Sahu, Ashin Lakra, Prince Raj and other associates namely Vinod Pandey, Amjad Khan, Jahoor Ansari, Mahmood @ Nepali, Aslam were receiving extortion money through HAWALA. It has also been alleged that the accused persons makes conversation through Whatsapp., Telegram, Line App. etc.. On account of their terror, no cases are lodged before the police. After making a station diary entry, a raid was conducted by the police at various places and from the possession of Sanjay Karmakar, who is the bodyguard of Prince Raj, a revolver and six bullets were -2- recovered, for which an arms licence issued from the State of Jammu & Kashmir was produced. On 16.01.2022, a cash amount of Rs. 28,88,000/- was seized from the residence of Sidhartha Sahu, who had confessed that the amount is extortion money, which was to be sent to Aman Srivastava through HAWALA. On 16.01.2022 itself an amount of Rs. 5,42,000/-was seized from the residence of Binod Kumar Pandey, who is also an active member of Aman Srivastava gang. 4. Based on the aforesaid allegations, ATS Case No. 01 of 2022 was instituted for the offences punishable under sections 386, 387, 109/34/201 and 120B IPC and Sections 20 and 21 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (hereinafter referred to as UAP Act). On conclusion of investigation, charge sheet was submitted under sections 386/ 387/ 109/ 34/120B/ 201 IPC and also under sections 20/21 of UAP Act. 5. It has been submitted by Mr. Jitendra S. Singh, learned counsel for the appellant that the appellant has been implicated primarily on the ground of being related to one of the prime accused. The appellant was admittedly not present at the place of occurrence and save and except the confessional statements of co-accused persons no other materials have surfaced against the appellant in course of investigation. The investigation has been completed and final charge-sheet submitted. It has also been submitted that the appellant does not have any criminal antecedents. 6. Mr. Pankaj Kumar, learned P.P. has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the appellant and has submitted that the specific role played by the appellant in the offence has surfaced in course of investigation and apart from co-accused persons naming her in their confessional statements suspicious transactions in the Bank Accounts of the appellant running into crores have also been detected. 7. The petitioner is the sister of the main accused Aman Srivastava against whom it has come in course of -3- investigation that she was also involved in running the gang inherited from the notorious gangster Sushil Srivastava. Many of the accused has named the appellant in their confessional statements about the involvement of the appellant in the nefarious activities of the gang. Apart from the confessional statements of the co-accused persons it seems that one of the Hawala operator Anand Pareek has admitted of sending money through Hawala and the number which was disclosed by him was verified and found to be belonging to the appellant. It also appears that the appellant has an innumerable number of Bank Accounts and large transactions have been recorded in some of the Bank Accounts which further signifies the role of the appellant in channelizing ill-gotten money through different sources and means. These facts are gathered from paras 197 and 216 of the case diary. It also appears from para 175 of the case diary that the call detail record establishes the nexus between the appellant and the co-accused persons. 8. In view of the materials available on record, we are not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the appellant and consequently this appeal is dismissed. 9. Pending I.As., if any, stands closed. (Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J.) (Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, J.) Dated, the 1st day of April, 2026. A. Sanga/NAFR Uploaded on 08 / 04 /2026