2026:JHHC:10541 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 1548 of 2026 ------ Deepak Kumar, son of Ganpat Saw, resident of Village Itkhori, P.O. and P.S. Itkhori, District Chatra .... .... …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner : Mr. A. Allam, Sr. Advocate For the State : Ms. Nehala Sharmin, Special P.P. For the JBVNL : Mr. Kaushik Sarkhel, Advocate ------ 02/13.04.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Itkhori P.S. Case No.102 of 2019, registered for the offence under Sections 406, 407, 420/34 of the Indian Penal Code, pending in the court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra. 3. Learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has earlier moved before this Court in A.B.A. No.7623 of 2020 which was rejected vide order dated 12.03.2021. He next submits that the allegations are made that the owners and organizers of Pragya Kendra after collecting electricity bills from the consumers, have not deposited the amount in the Account of Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited and defalcated the Government money. He further submits that the allegation is made against the petitioner that the petitioner has not deposited a sum of Rs.2,66,045.05. He further submits that the same allegations are made against other co-accused persons and after depositing of the said amount, they have been granted anticipatory bail by way of Annexure 3 series annexed with the anticipatory bail application. He submits that a sum of Rs.2,66,045.05 has already been deposited by the petitioner now. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the JBVNL and State have jointly opposed the prayer and submit that earlier anticipatory bail application of the petitioner was rejected. 5. Annexure 3 series are the order sheets of the different A.B.As. by which the co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail on 2026:JHHC:10541 the deposition of the defalcated amount of those persons. Against the petitioner, the liability is fastened of Rs.2,66,045.05/- and the petitioner has deposited the same by way of Annexure 2 series which is money receipt. Although the anticipatory bail application of the petitioner has been rejected earlier however, in the changed circumstances, second anticipatory bail application can be maintained and in that view of the matter, the petitioner, named above, 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 or the sureties as the learned Court may deem fit and proper. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Anit Uploaded 16.04.2026