CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER

5 21-01-2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner; learned counsel for the informant and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in connection with Bypass P.S. Case No. 71 of 2024 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 419 , 420, 467, 468 and 120(B)/34 of the Indian Penal Code .

3. The prosecution case, in brief, is that the informant, Gunjan Kumar, lodged a written report before the Officer-in- Charge, Bypass Police Station alleging that on the advice of property dealers Sushil Prasad Mandal, Umesh Prasad Mandal and Pintu Kumar, he purchased land measuring 2 Kattha, part of Khesra No. 08, Khata No. 2, situated at Mouza Amnai, Thana No. 151, in the name of his wife Priyanka Kumari from Archana Sah, for which an agreement to sell dated 05.12.2022 was executed and a total sum of Rs. 32,00,000/- was paid by him, including Rs. 4,00,000/- by cheque, Rs. 10,00,000/- in cash and Rs. 18,00,000/- through RTGS to the account of Archana Sah, followed by execution of Kevala on 15.02.2023, mutation and construction of a boundary wall; however, subsequently he received a call fr