Authority: High Court of Jharkhand, Ranchi (Bench of Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi)

Order Date: 08.07.2026

Case Overview

  • Petitioners: Rohit Kumar Trehan (age ~37, son of Jitendra Trehan, resident of 5, 5th Floor 2 BHK B Block, Shalimar Baag, Pundag, District Ranchi, Jharkhand) and Anjani Kumar Singh (age ~39, son of Shri Ramdayal Singh, resident of Kamanpura, Gopalganj, Bihar, presently residing at Shalimar Baag, Pundag, District Ranchi, Jharkhand).
  • Opposite Party: The State of Jharkhand.
  • Case Numbers: Khunti Police Station (P.S.) Case No. 231 of 2025; related case Chitrakoot P.S. Case No. 294 of 2025 (Jaipur, Rajasthan); FIRs in Gopalganj P.S. Case No. 5139036250890 of 2025 (Bihar) and Case No. 5139036250567 of 2025 (Bihar).
  • Statutory Provisions: Sections 338, 336(3), 319(2), 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nayaya Sanhita, 2023.
  • Allegations: Petitioners, while employed with Samunnati Finance Private Limited (address: Hi‑Tech Park, 7th Floor, 129B, East Coast Road, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu‑600041), allegedly induced the informant and several farmers to surrender their Aadhaar Card, PAN Card and blank cheques for the purpose of opening accounts and obtaining loans from Samunnati Finance.
  • Modus Operandi: The petitioners are said to have collected these documents, used them to secure loans from Samunnati Finance, and then siphoned the loan proceeds. It is alleged that more than Rs 40 crore was misappropriated.
  • Employment Transition: Petitioners resigned from Samunnati Finance on 31.03.2024 and are now employed with FPO Bazar Private Limited.
  • Specific Financial Misappropriations: As per Annexure‑F to the supplementary counter‑affidavit, Rs 12.88 crore was credited to the account of Mahavir Oraon and Rs 13.23 crore to the account of Sonu Thakur, allegedly through forged documents and false supplier requests.
  • Supporting Evidence: The informant’s supplementary counter‑affidavit (Annexure‑E) includes a letter indicating that payment requests were made in the names of farmers using forged signatures. Witnesses in the case diary corroborate the allegations.
  • Other Related Cases: Similar allegations have been raised in the Chitrakoot case (Rajasthan) and multiple FIRs across India, indicating a pattern of alleged loan fraud.

Final Outcome

  • The Hon'ble Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, after considering the allegations and supporting annexures, declined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners.
  • The anticipatory bail application is hereby dismissed.

Topics: Anticipatory Bail, Loan Fraud, Financial Crime