CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER

8 29-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the appellants, learned Spl.PP for the State and learned counsel for the informant/Respondent No. 2.

2. This appeal has been filed for setting aside order dated 04.06.2024, passed in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 323 , 406, 420, 467, 468 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3 (i)(v)(r) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act , whereby the prayer for anticipatory bail of these appellants has been rejected.

3. As per the prosecution case, informant, namely Rajdeo Ram, alleged that all the named accused persons, including these appellants, induced him to invest money in their company with the assurance of lucrative returns. At the instance of the accused persons, the informant/Respondent No. 2 deposited more than 6 lacs rupees and when he went to receive the matured amount in the year 2017, the accused persons postponed the payment on one pretext or another and finally on 10.08.2020, when the informant went to take his money and called the accused persons to Garkha Bazar, all the accused persons came there, assault