(2025:JHHC:14185) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 4270 of 2025 Amit Toppo, aged about 35 years, son of Prakash Toppo, resident of village-HadsariPakritoli, P.O and P.S. Dumri, District Gumla, Jharkhand. … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand …Opposite Party ---------- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN KUMAR RAI ------- For the Petitioner :Mr. Kripa Shankar Nanda, Advocate For the State : Ms. Mohua Palit, A.P.P. --------- Order No.02/Dated15th May, 2025 1. Heard the parties. 2. Petitioner has been made accused in connection with RaidihP.S. Case No. 02 of 2024 corresponding to GR Case No. 327 of 2024 for the offences registered under Sections 364(A), 302, 201 and section 34 of the Indian Penal Code,pending in the court of learned JM, 1st Class, Gumla. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that except confessional statement, there is no iota of material available on record which could even remotely connect the accused in the present case. He further submits that one of the similarly situated co-accused namely, Anup Birendra Baa has already been admitted to bail vide order dated 03.12.2024in B.A. No. 7927 of 2024 bya co-ordinate Bench of this Court 4. Learned A.P.P. for the State hasopposed the prayer of bail of the petitioner on the premise that it is a murder case. 5. Therecords reveal that initially FIR has been lodged against unknown persons and thereafter during course of investigation, one co-accused namely, Gulab Oraon was arrested and he confessed his complicity in the present case as well as complicity of other co-accused persons including this petitioner. The co-accused Anup Birendra Baa has (2025:JHHC:14185) 2. already been admitted to bail bya Co-ordinate Bench of this Court and the petitioner is in custody since 24.03.2025. 6. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner named above, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand), with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned JM, 1st Class at Gumlain connection with RaidihP.S. Case No. 02 of 2024, corresponding to GR Case No. 327 of 2024. (Arun Kumar Rai, J.) Abha/