Neutral Citation No. ( 2026:JHHC:4001) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 1461 of 2020 Baleshwar Ram @ Baleswar Ram ... Petitioner Vs. Union of India through CBI .... Opposite Party --- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RONGON MUKHOPADHYAY --- For the Petitioner : Mrs. Ritu Kumar, Advocate For the CBI : Mr. Deepak Kr. Bharti, Spl. P.P. --- Order No. 26 Dated 06th February, 2026 Heard Mrs. Ritu Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Deepak Kr. Bharti, learned counsel appearing for the CBI. In this application the petitioner has prayed for grant of anticipatory bail as he is apprehending his arrest in connection with R.C. Case No. 4(A)/2013-R registered for the offences punishable u/s 120B r/w Sections 201, 420, 468 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code and also u/s 13(2) r/w Section 13(1(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. It has been alleged that the members of the JPSC along with Shri Dhiraj Kumar, representative of M/s. Global Informatics had entered into a criminal conspiracy amongst themselves and in pursuance thereof, the public servants in strict abuse of their respective official positions dishonestly and fraudulently manipulated/ allowed to manipulate the merit list, assessment chart, etc. of the JET Examination 2006/ interview to extend undue benefit to their preferred candidates. It has been submitted by Mrs. Ritu Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner that on completion of investigation charge sheet has been submitted by the CBI and some of the co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. 3349 of 2022 and its analogous cases. Learned counsel submits that the petitioner on being successful in JET 2006 was appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Hindi in the year 2008 and since then he has an unblemished career. Mr. Deepak Kr. Bharti, learned counsel appearing for the CBI has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner and has stated that the petitioner is a beneficiary to the manipulations made in the mark sheet and assessment chart in connivance with the JPSC officials and has received lesser marks than the minimum marks required in the 3rd Paper of JET Examination which furthermore endorses the allegations made by the CBI of being a beneficiary. Admittedly charge sheet has been submitted by the CBI and some of the co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. 3349 of 2022 and its analogous cases. On consideration of the material collected during investigation, the fact that charge sheet has been submitted by the CBI and the fact that some of the co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail as noted above, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned trial court within a period of four weeks from today and on such surrender, he shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge, CBI, Ranchi in connection with R.C. Case No. 4(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.A., if any, stands disposed of. MK (RONGON MUKHOPADHYAY,J.) Page|2