Neutral Citation No. ( 2026:JHHC:3954 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 8602 of 2019 ------- Snigdha Kumari, W/o Sri Dileep Kumar and daughter of Late Dr. Kashi Nath Gope, R/o 203 Prestige Residency, Kali Mandir Road, Burdwan Compound, P.O. & P.S.- Lalpur, District- Ranchi, PIN- 834001. … … Petitioner Versus Union of India through CBI … … Opposite Party ------- CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RONGON MUKHOPADHYAY ------- For the Petitioner : Mr. A.K. Kashyap, Sr. Advocate For the CBI : Mr. Deepak Kr. Bharti, Advocate ------- 28/06.02.2026 Heard Mr. A.K. Kashyap, learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Deepak Kr. Bharti, learned counsel appearing for the CBI. The petitioner apprehends her arrest in connection with R.C. 04(A)/2013-R, registered for the offences u/s 120B, 201, 420, 468, 471 of the IPC and Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. It has been alleged that the officials of the JPSC along with Sri Dhiraj Kumar, representative of M/s. Global Informatics, had entered into a criminal conspiracy among themselves and in pursuance thereof the public servants in strict abuse of their respective official positions, dishonestly and fraudulently had manipulated/allowed to manipulate the merit list, assessments charts etc. of the examination/ interview to extend undue benefits to their preferred candidates. It has been submitted by Mr. A.K. Kashyap, learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner that in the present case charge-sheet has already been submitted. Some of the co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail by this Court in A.B.A. No. 3349 of 2022 and its analogous cases. So far as the present petitioner is concerned, it has been alleged that one Chandreshwar Prasad, one of the Neutral Citation No. ( 2026:JHHC:3954 ) experts of Botany subject in conspiracy with the other accused persons had dishonestly given 24 marks in the column of suitability of job for which the maximum allocated marks was 20 and the photo copy of the application of the petitioner was also recovered from the house of Dilip Kumar Prasad, the then Chairman of JPSC which was investigated in a separate case vide RC 6(A)/2012-EOW-4. It has been submitted that the petitioner was selected on the post of Lecturer in Botany Department in the year 2008 having all the requisite credentials and that there is no illegality or irregularity in her appointment. Mr. Deepak Kr. Bharti, learned counsel appearing for the CBI has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner and has submitted that in course of investigation the role of the petitioner in obtaining undue advantage in getting more marks than what she deserved in conspiracy with the other public servant has surfaced and in view of such fact the petitioner does not deserve the privilege of anticipatory bail. It appears that charge-sheet has already been submitted by the CBI, in which, the petitioner has been arrayed as an accused and certain insinuations has been cast upon the petitioner of conspiring with the other accused persons in securing higher marks. It further appears that some of the co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No. 3349 of 2022 and its analogous cases. On consideration of the aforesaid facts, the petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned trial court within a period of four weeks and on her surrender, she shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Neutral Citation No. ( 2026:JHHC:3954 ) Commissioner-XVI-cum-Special Judge, CBI, Ranchi in connection with R.C. 04(A)/2013-R, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. This application stands allowed. Pending I.As., if any, stands closed. (Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J.) Dated, the 6th February, 2026 A. Sanga/- Uploaded on 16 /02/2026