( 2026:JHHC:28145 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 4470 of 2026 Rajesh Kumar @ Raju Kumar, age about 54 years, son of late Tulsi Mahto, resident of village Noora, Mandai Road, P.O. Hazaribag, P.S. Sadar, District- Hazaribag, Jharkhand ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Santosh Kr. Soni, Advocate For the State : Mr. Manoj Kr. Mishra, A.P.P. 02/ 17.09.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Lohsinghna P.S. Case No. 161 of 2024, registered under sections 406, 420, 504, 506, 120-B, 307, 467, 468, 34 of I.P.C, pending in the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hazaribag. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that allegation against the petitioner has been made that petitioner has not executed the sale deed after taking money. He next submits that execution was not made as the informant has not been able to pay entire consideration amount. He next submits that initially a complaint case was filed which was subsequently converted into F.I.R. He further submits that the petitioner has already returned an amount of Rs. 17,50,000/- that has come in the counter affidavit which is information of the I.O. submitted by the husband of the informant. 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 that at page 11 of the counter-affidavit information was made by the husband of the informant in which it has been admitted that Rs. 17,50,000/- has been returned by the petitioner. ( 2026:JHHC:28145 ) 5. By order dated 11.08.2026 the learned counsel for the State was directed to take instruction and file counter affidavit in which the veracity of annexure at page 47 was to be disclosed. 6. A counter-affidavit has been filed by the State wherein page 11 suggests that the petitioner has already returned Rs. 17,50,000/- to the informant. 7. 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 Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hazaribag, in connection with Lohsinghna P.S. Case No. 161 of 2024, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.17.09.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-