Neutral Citation 2026:JHHC:3961 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 9381 of 2019 Suchita Bara, D/o Shri Alexcius Bara, R/o Vill- Korkotjor, P.O.- Gorajor, P.S.- Kurdeg, Dist.- Simdega. --- --- Petitioner Versus The Union of India through CBI --- --- Opposite Party --- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RONGON MUKHOPADHYAY --- For the Petitioner : Mrs. Ritu Kumar, Adv. For the CBI : Mr. Deepak Kumar Bharti, Adv. --- 28/06.02.2026 Heard Mrs. Ritu Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Deepak Kumar Bharti, learned counsel appearing for the CBI. 2. 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 under Sections 120B read with 201/420/468/471 IPC and Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. 3. The prosecution case reveals that the accused public servants along with a private person, i.e., Dhiraj Kumar (petitioner) of M/s Global Informatics had entered into a criminal conspiracy amongst themselves and in furtherance of the same, the public servants in strict abuse of their respective official positions dishonestly and fraudulently manipulated/allowed to manipulate the merit list assessment charts. It has further been alleged that during JET 2006, the merit list was manipulated by Dhiraj Kumar under the guidance and influence of JPSC officials in order to extend undue benefits to certain candidates who were dishonestly and fraudulently declared qualified even though they had secured less marks than the candidates who even after securing more marks, could not qualify. It has also been Neutral Citation 2026:JHHC:3961 2 alleged that marks in the assessment charts of a number of candidates obtained during interview were increased to extend undue favor to them which facilitated their selection as lecturers. 4. It has been submitted by Mrs. Ritu Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner that on completion of investigation, CBI has submitted charge sheet against the petitioner and other accused persons. It has further been submitted that some of the accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No. 3349 of 2022 and its analogous cases. Learned counsel adds that the petitioner pursuant to being successful in the examination conducted by the JPSC, was appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Hindi in the year 2008 and she has an unblemished career. It has further been submitted that the petitioner was not named in the First Information Report and even in course of investigation, nothing concrete has materialized which would indicate that the petitioner was a beneficiary of the manipulations exercised by the JPSC officials for getting selected as an Assistant Professor. 5. Mr. Deepak Kumar Bharti, learned counsel appearing for the CBI has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner and has submitted that in course of investigation, the specific role of the petitioner being a beneficiary to the illegal transactions orchestrated by the JPSC officials have surfaced and, therefore, the petitioner does not deserve the privilege of anticipatory bail. 6. Admittedly, charge sheet has been submitted by the CBI and some of the co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in the A.B.A. No. 3349 of 2022 and its analogous cases. Neutral Citation 2026:JHHC:3961 3 7. On consideration of the gamut of allegations and the aforesaid facts, the petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned trial court within a period of four weeks, and on her surrender, she shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) 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. 8. This application stands allowed. 9. Pending I.A.(s), if any, stands closed. (Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J.) Dated- 6th February, 2026. Preet/- Uploaded on: 16 /02/2026.