2026:JHHC:10804 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 1612 of 2026 ---- Moti Lal Pandey @ Moti Pandey aged about 75 years son of late Hira Lal Pandey, r/o Village Pandeydih, PO Kolhaiya, PS Rajpur, District Chatra, Jharkhand .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Manoj Kr Choubey, Advocate Mr. Rahul Kumar Mishra, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Praful Jojo, Advocate ---- 2/15.04.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioner and for State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Rajpur PS Case No.50 of 2024, for offence registered under section 406, 420, 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code, pending in court of learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner happened to be owner of the plot No.138 Khata no.22 and out of 27 decimals of land, he has sold 13 ½ decimals of land to one person by sale deed dated 10.7.1978 and 13 ½ decimals of land was sold to another person on 13.4.1998. He next submits that the said plots have been registered by different sale deeds in the aforesaid manner and allegations are made that same land has been sold subsequently to another person on 13.4.1998. He then 2026:JHHC:10804 -2- submits that the said land has been sold being 13 ½ decimals to two of the persons and there is no illegality. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that the allegations are there of selling the said land to two persons. 5. In the impugned order itself it has been pointed that 13 ½ decimals land has been sold to two different persons on 10.7.1978 and 13.4.1998 and it has been pointed out that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no.22 of the petition, and in that view of the matter, the petitioner, above named, is, hereby, directed to surrender before learned court within two weeks from today, and learned court shall release the petitioner, above named, on such terms and conditions as well as sureties as the learned court may deem fit and proper. 6. A.B.A. No.1612 of 2026 is disposed of. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 15.04.2026 SI/