Pramod Kumar Yadav v. the State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
A.B.A. No. 3580 of 2026, High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi, decided 06.07.2026 (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.). Anticipatory bail allowed to Pramod Kumar Yadav, Branch Manager of Spandna Sphurti Financial Limited, Garhwa, facing arrest in Garhwa P.S. Case No. 06 of 2026 under Sections 316(4), 318(4) and 61(2) BNS 2023 for defalcation of Rs. 8,98,342/- (money collected but not deposited). Grant rested on non-disclosure of the period of defalcation in the FIR and the one-year gap between handing over charge (02.01.2025) and FIR registration (02.01.2026). Directions: surrender within three weeks; bail bond Rs.25,000/- with two sureties; Section 482(2) BNSS conditions. Keywords: anticipatory bail, defalcation, financial company branch manager, delayed FIR, BNS 2023, BNSS 2023.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: petitioner to surrender within three weeks; on arrest or surrender, to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Garhwa, subject to conditions under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.