Neutral Citation No. ( 2026:JHHC:3999 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 9135 of 2019 Suprabha Tuti, daughter of Shri Emmanuel Tuti, resident of village Tilma, Post Maranghada, Police Station Maranghada, District Khunti. ... Petitioner Versus The Union of India through Central Bureau of Investigation …Opposite Party --- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RONGON MUKHOPADHYAY For the Petitioner : Mrs. Ritu Kumar, Advocate For the CBI : Mr. Deepak Kumar Bharti, Advocate --- 06.02.2026 Heard Mrs. Ritu Kumar, the learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Deepak Kumar Bharti, the learned counsel appearing for the CBI. In this application, the petitioner has prayed for grant of anticipatory bail as she has a reasonable apprehension of being arrested in connection with RC 4(A)/2013-R registered for the offences under sections 120B/201/420/468/471 of the Indian Penal Code and section 13(2) read with section 13(1) (d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. 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 official positions, dishonestly and fraudulently manipulated/allowed to manipulate the merit list, assessment charts etc. of the examination/ interview to extend undue benefit to their preferred candidates. It has been submitted by Mrs. Ritu Kumar, the learned counsel for the petitioner that on conclusion of investigation, charge-sheet has been submitted by the CBI. It has further been submitted that some of the co-accused persons have been granted bail in A.B.A. No. 3349/22 and its analogous cases. It has been submitted that the petitioner was posted as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Hindi in the year 2008 and the petitioner who belongs to Scheduled Tribe category has had an unblemished career. It has further been submitted that the petitioner has been implicated in the case of being a beneficiary which is contrary to the directions of this Court passed in WPC No. 5095 of 2007 and WPC No. 3785 of 2015. Mr. Deepak Kumar Bharti, the learned counsel for the CBI has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner and has submitted that the petitioner had received only 93 marks in the 3rd paper of JET examination whereas the minimum marks required was 105. It has been submitted that in course of investigation it has come to light the role played by the petitioner and the benefit she had received on account of the conspiracy hatched by the public servants with the other accused persons and therefore, she does not deserve the privilege of anticipatory bail. Admittedly, charge-sheet has already been submitted by the CBI and the several accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No. 3349/22 and its analogous cases. On consideration of the aforesaid facts, the petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned trial court within four weeks from today and on such surrender, she 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 at Ranchi in connection with RC 4(A)/2013-R, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. This application is allowed. (RONGON MUKHOPADHYAY, J.) 06.02.2026 S.B. Uploaded on 16.02.2026 -2-