( 2025:JHHC:28712 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B. A. No. 8603 of 2025 Md. Istefak Ansari @ Manu Ansari @ Istafak Ansari @ Md. Istafak Ansari @ Munnu Ansari, aged about 33 years, son of Md. Ajad Ansari @ Azad Ansari, resident of Village- Charam Godam, Harindanga Bazar, P.O. & P.S.- Pakur (Town), District- Pakur. …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand …. Opp. Party ------ CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMBUJ NATH ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Arun Kumar, Advocate For the Opp. Party : Mr. Sardhu Mahto, A.P.P. ----- 2/ 18.09.2025 Heard the parties. 2. Petitioner has been made accused in connection with Pakur (Town) P.S. Case No. 262 of 2024 for the offences registered under Sections 329(4), 115(2), 74, 351(2), 64, 62, 3(5) of the B.N.S., 2023, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pakur. 3. The petitioner and other co-accused persons are alleged to have entered in the house of the informant and attempted to rape her. Statement of independent witnesses have been recorded in paragraph nos. 30 and 31 of the case diary, in which, they have stated that they were present at the time of occurrence. They have further stated that there was some dispute between the informant and the present petitioner over payment of money and thereafter the petitioner entered in the house of the informant and the husband of the informant closed the door from inside. 4. It was submitted that similarly situated co-accused has been granted bail by this Court earlier in B.A. No. 232 of 2025. 5. In view of the statement of independent witnesses, I am inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. Accordingly, the petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pakur, in connection with Pakur (Town) P.S. Case No. 262 of 2024. (Ambuj Nath, J.) R.Kr.