Vijay Kumar Singh Alias Vijay Prasad Singh v. the State of Jharkhand
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Repeat/second anticipatory bail application (A.B.A. No. 1121 of 2026) before the High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi, judged by Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, decided 09.04.2026, by petitioners Vijay Kumar Singh @ Vijay Prasad Singh and Nagendra Singh (village Jogiara, P.S. Pratappur, District Chatra) apprehending arrest in Pratappur P.S. Case No. 75 of 2012 under IPC Sections 420 & 406. Earlier application rejected in A.B.A. No. 9424 of 2022; counsel cited resolution of embezzled funds and completed construction per Sessions Judge, Chatra order A.B.P. No. 1491 of 2025 dated 05.12.2025, and anticipatory bail already granted to co-accused in A.B.A. Nos. 2114 of 2019, 11672 of 2022, 893 of 2023 and 659 of 2023; P.P. Pankaj Kumar opposed claiming no fresh ground. Court: no fresh and reasonable ground, petitioners prime accused; application disposed of with direction to seek regular bail before trial court on merits. Keywords: anticipatory bail, repeat application, no fresh ground, prime accused, co-accused parity, regular bail, disposed.