2026:JHHC:4907 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 933 of 2026 Sawitry Devi @ Savitri Devi, aged about 60 years, wife of Late Kinu Prasad Das, resident of Village- Harinmara, P.O. – Sahara, P.S.- Jarmundi, District- Dumka. … Petitioner -Versus- State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. A.K. Kashyap, Sr. Advocate For the State : Mr. Sanat Kr. Jha, A.P.P. ----- 02/19.02.2026 Heard learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in connection with Kersai P.S. Case No. 39/2022, registered for the offence under Sections 419, 420, 120B of the Indian Penal Code and under Sections 66(C) and 66(D) of the I.T. Act, pending in the Court of the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Simdega. 3. Mr. A.K. Kashyap, learned Senior counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and she has committed no offence as alleged in the F.I.R. He also submits that she has not delivered the envelope to any other person, but she has delivered the same to the addressee whose name was mentioned on the envelope and in view of that, the petitioner has not committed any offence. He also submits that the petitioner is an accused in two cases in which she has been granted regular bail. He also submits that only on suspicion the petitioner has been made accused. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioner may kindly be granted anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of becoming a member of the cyber criminal against the petitioner. He also submits that the petitioner has 2026:JHHC:4907 2 criminal antecedent and in view of that, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner may kindly be rejected. 5. The informant has lodged this F.I.R. alleging therein that on 05.03.2022 at about 06:00 p.m., one WhatsApp call came in his mobile bearing No. 9162810192 from mobile No. 8084727788 and the caller told him that lucky draw of Rs. 25 lacs has taken place in his name and to receive the said amount, the unknown person further told him to transfer Rs. 15,000/- in the account of Dipti Das vide account No. 40429382734, IFSC Code- SBIN0012384. Pursuant to that, he has transferred Rs. 15,000/- to the said account. Again, a call was received and request was made to transfer Rs. 30,000/- and the informant has further transferred Rs. 30,000/- in the said account. There have also been several other calls made for transferring the money and in that way, the informant has transferred a sum of Rs. 1,60,000/. 6. The charge sheet has been submitted against the other accused persons, however, the investigation against this petitioner is still going on and the case is of the year 2022. The only allegation made against the petitioner is that she used to deliver the envelope to the addressees. The petitioner is having two criminal antecedent and in those two cases, the petitioner has already been granted regular bail. 7. In that view of the matter, the petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned Court within two weeks from today and the learned Court shall release the petitioner on such terms and conditions as the learned Court may deem fit and proper. 8. Accordingly, this application is disposed of. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 19th February, 2026 Vedanti/-