Jharkhand High CourtRaghu Gope vs The State Of Jharkhand on 14 February, 2022IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI\n                              B.A. No.15395 of 2021\n\n        Raghu Gope                                          .....   ... Petitioner\n                                    Versus\n        The State of Jharkhand                              .... .... Opp. Party\n                            --------CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBHASH CHAND------For the Petitioner    : Mr. Amit Kumar Das, Advocate\n        For the State         : Mr. Rajesh Kumar, A.P.P.\n                           --------\n\n02/14.02.2022        Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.P.P. for\n        the State.This bail application has been filed on behalf of the\n        abovenamed applicant with prayer to release on bail in connection with\n        Namkum P.S. Case No.183 of 2021 registered underSections 406,420,467,468,471and120-Bof the Indian Penal Code pending in the court of\n        learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Ranchi.Learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that the\n        F.I.R. of this case was lodged by the Circle Officer, Namkum against the\n        three named accused persons including the applicant in regard to making\n        forgery and committing fraud in getting the mutation order in their\n        favour, which has been subsequently cancelled.Learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that the\n        mutation order was passed by the competent authority after completing\n        all the formalities. It is further submitted that no alleged forgery or fraud\n        was committed by the applicant. The applicant was the bona fide\n        purchaser of the land in question and the mutation of the same was done\n        in his favour by the informant. The similarly situated co-accused persons,\n        namely, Dharmendra Bakshi and Shiv Prakash Singh have already been\n        granted anticipatory bail by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order\n        dated 22.11.2021 passed in A.B.A. No.8562 of 2021 and the case of the\n        applicant is on better footing than that of co-accused persons. The\n        applicant has been languishing in jail since 29.07.2021.Learned A.P.P. appearing on behalf of the State vehemently\n        opposed the contentions made by the learned counsel for the applicant\n        and contended that after inquiry and verification, the F.I.R. was lodged\n        against the applicant in regard to committing the fraud and forgery in\n        mutation proceedings.In view of the submissions made and materials on record,-2-the bail application of the applicant is hereby allowed. Let the applicant\n        be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/-(Rupees Twenty\n        Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of\n        the court concerned in aforesaid case.(Subhash Chand, J.)\nRohit