( 2026:JHHC:11370 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 3158 of 2026 ------ Narain Pandit@Narayan Pandit aged about 50 years, son of Late Lakshman Pandit resident of Village Basdiha, Police Station- Lalmatia, Post Office-Lalmatia, District-Godda, Jharkhand .... .... …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... Opposite Party ------ CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. K.S. Nanda, Advocate For the State : Mr. Rakesh Kr. Sinha, APP ------ Order No.02 Dated- 18-04-2026 Heard the parties. The petitioner has been made accused in connection with Lalmatia P.S. Case No. 24 of 2024, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 406, 420, 467, 468, 471 & 504/34 of I.P.C. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the allegation against the petitioner is that the petitioner in furtherance of common intention with the co-accused persons, cheated the informant by withdrawing money from her bank account by obtaining her thumb impression and took away the compensation amount transferred to the account of the informant. It is next submitted that there is no question of commission of forgery by the petitioner, as it is the admitted case of the prosecution, as has come through the statement of son of the informant in para 7 of the case diary that the informant herself admitted that she herself put the thumb impression and nobody has impersonated her. It is further submitted that the petitioner is the son- in-law of the brother of the informant and the brother of the informant has died. It is next submitted that the brother of the informant was also entitled to part of the compensation amount which was transferred to the account of the informant regarding acquisition of the joint property. It is then submitted that the petitioner has been in custody since 15.01.2026 as has been mentioned in para-01 of the bail application. It is then submitted that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as has been mentioned in para 13 of the bail application. It is next submitted that the petitioner undertakes to cooperate with the trial of the case and further undertakes that he will not annoy or disturb the witnesses of the case in any manner during the trial of the case. Hence, it is submitted that the petitioner be admitted to bail. Learned Addl. P.P. opposes the prayer for bail. Considering the facts of this case, the above-named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Godda, in connection with Lalmatia P.S. Case No. 24 of 2024 with the condition that he will co-operate with the trial of the case, furnish his mobile number and photocopy of the Aadhar Card in the court below with an undertaking that he will not change his mobile number during the trial of the case and will not annoy or disturb the witnesses of the case in any manner during the trial of the case. (Anil Kumar Choudhary, J.) Dated- 18.04.2026-Abha/