Case brief
What is this about?
A.B.A. No. 3381 of 2025, High Court of Jharkhand, Ranchi (decided 01.08.2025, Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.): anticipatory bail allowed to Prem Kumar Choudhary apprehending CBI arrest in R.C. Case No.02 (A)/2022-R for tender-malpractice allegations under Sections 409, 420, 120B, 467, 468, 471, 109 IPC and Section 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) PC Act, 1988; successor to Vigilance P.S. Case No.49 of 2010 transferred to CBI by Division Bench; charge-sheet filed without arrest; surrender within three weeks; bail bond Rs.25,000 with two sureties; Section 482(2) BNSS 2023 conditions.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: petitioner to surrender within three weeks and, on surrender/arrest, to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned A.J.C.–XVIII-cum-Special Judge, CBI, Ranchi, in connection with R.C. Case No.02 (A)/2022-R, subject to conditions under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.