IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI ABA No.4930 of 2025 Sheetal Jagan Desai, aged about 31 years, D/o Jagan Tukaram Desai, R/o 302, Saptgiri CHS, Cosmos Hills, Pokhran, Road No. 1, Upvan P.O. Jekegram, P.S. Vartak Nagar, District Thane, Pin Code 400606, State Maharastra. …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand through Anti-Corruption Bureau … Opp. Party --------

CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------

For the Petitioner : Mr. Ajit Kumar, Sr. Advocate Mr. Chanchal Jain, Advocate Mr. Abhijeet Indra Gosai, Advocate For the ACB : Mr. Sumeet Gadodia, Advocate Mr. Ritesh Kumar Gupta, Advocate Ms. Shruti Shekhar, Advocate Mr. Nivonit Choubey, Advocate Ms. Sanya Kumari, Advocate ------

2/10.12.2025 Heard Mr. Ajit Kumar, learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of Petitioner and Mr. Sumeet Gadodia, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the ACB.

2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with ACB Ranchi, P.S. Case No. 09 of 2025, for the offences registered under Sections 420, 468, 467,471, 409, 107, 109, 120B of IPC, corresponding to under Section 61(2) r/w 318/336/340/316/45 & 49 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 7(C), 12, 13(2) r/w 13(1)(a) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, as amended by Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018, pending in the Court of learned Special Judge, Anti-Corruption Bureau, Ranchi.

3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the prosecution story in nutshell as per the FIR is based on the Preliminary Enquiry No. 03/24 dated 27.08.2024. The order for preliminary inquiry was received under Section 17A (1) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 vide memo no. 3600391 dated 27.09.2024. It is alleged that during the preliminary enquiry, it came to light that mainly two placement agencies (manpower supply agencies) selected by the Excise and Prohibition Department, Jharkhand, Ranchi, namely 1. M/s Vision Hospitality Services & Consultants Pvt. Ltd. and 2. M/s Marshan Innovative Security Pvt. Ltd., in collusion and criminal conspiracy and forgery, used fake bank documents to cause loss to government revenue.

4. He further submits that it is further alleged that M/s Marshan Innovative Security Pvt. Ltd. submitted a fake bank guarantee no. 09356238G0001646 dated 28.11.2023 amounting to Rs. 5,02,07,576/-. It is further alleged that the same bank guarantee was never issued by the Bank and therefore, the same required to be replaced. It is also alleged that M/s Vision Hospitality Services & Consultants Pvt. Ltd. got replacement of old BG in place of new BG No.2023FBG020010105 dated 08.12.2023 amounting to Rs. 5,02,07,576/ of Bandhan Bank, Geeta Colony Branch, Delhi for Zone-4. For verification of the said new BG No. 2023FBG020010105, a letter no.2212 dated 22.12.2023 was issued to the Bandhan Bank, Geeta Colony Branch, New Delhi. In compliance with the said letter, confirmation for bank guarantee no. amounting to Rs. 5,02,07,576/- was received from the bank via email on 27.12.2023.

5. He next submits that it is also alleged that due to non-deposit of the differential amount against the sale, letter no. A/C-465/2024- 25/54 dated 09.01.2025 has raised a demand for Zone-4 amounting to Rs.7,57,08,874/- (Rupees Seven Crore Fifty-Seven Lakh Eight Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy-Four Only) and directed to deposit the same within a period of three days. Against the said letter of the corporation, M/s Marshan Innovative Security Pvt. Ltd. filed W.P. (C) No. 414/2025 in the Hon'ble High Court of Jharkhand, Ranchi. The bank guarantee submitted by the placement agency was about to expire on 31.03.2025, on which JSBCL presented its case in the Hon'ble Court on which the Hon'ble High Court of Jharkhand, Ranchi passed an order dated 19.02.2025, wherein it was directed to extend the bank guarantee. The placement agency got the renewal of bank guarantee through letter no. Bandhan-2078/BG- Renewal/10105/2024-25 dated 18.03.2025. The JSBCL vide order No.05 da