( 2025:JHHC:12635 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No.3292 of 2025 ------ Pramod Kumar, aged about 54 years, son of Laxmi Nayak, resident of Tola-Kaseadih, Chaikala, P.O. & P.S.-Chouparan, District- Hazaribagh. .... .... …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party ------ CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Vikesh Kumar, Advocate : Mr. A.K. Sahani, Advocate For the State : Mr. Bishwambhar Shastri, Addl.P.P ------ Order No.02 Dated- 28-04-2025 Heard the parties. The petitioner has been made accused in connection with Chouparan P.S. Case No.65 of 2025 registered for the offences punishable under Section 223, 91, 3(5) of the B.N.S., 2023 read with Section 22(2), 23, 23(3), of the PCPNDT (Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the allegation against the petitioner is that the petitioner is the owner of the Ultrasound Diagnostic Centre which was being run illegally in furtherance of common intention with the co-accused persons. It is submitted that the allegation against the petitioner is false. It is next submitted that the petitioner is neither the doctor nor the technician of Ultrasound Diagnostic Machine. It is then submitted that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent as has been mentioned in para- 13 of this bail application. It is then submitted that the petitioner undertakes that he will co-operate with the trial of the case. It is lastly submitted that the petitioner has been in custody since 01.03.2025 as is evident from para-01 of the instant bail application. Hence it is submitted that the petitioner be released on bail. Learned Addl.P.P. opposes the prayer for bail. Considering the facts of this case, the above-named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned J.M.-1st Class, Hazaribagh in connection with Chouparan P.S. Case No.65 of 2025 with the condition that he will co- operate with the trial of the case and furnish his mobile number and photocopy of the Aadhar Card in the court below with an undertaking that he will not change his mobile number during the trial of the case. (Anil Kumar Choudhary, J.) Abhiraj/