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2025 DAILYLAW 25857 (JHR)

SACHIN KUMAR GANJHU v. STATE OF JHARKHAND THROUGH C.I.D.

Cr.A(DB)/1176/2025 · 2025-09-26

Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, Rongon Mukhopadhyay

Criminal Appealbody2025

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Neutral Citation No. 2025:JHHC:30364-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 1176 of 2025 Sachin Kumar Ganjhu ... Appellant Versus The State of Jharkhand through CID … Respondent --- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RONGON MUKHOPADHYAY HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PRADEEP KUMAR SRIVASTAVA For the Appellant : Mr. Niranjan Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Pankaj Kumar, learned PP Mr. Vineet Kumar Vashistha, Spl.P.P. --- Order No. 02 Dated 26th September, 2025 Heard the learned counsel for the respective sides. This appeal is directed against the order dated 26.08.2025 passed in Miscellaneous Criminal Application No. 1592 of 2025 arising out of C.I.D. P.S. Case No. 13/2025 (CID Court Case No. 10 of 2025) by the learned Special Judge CID, Ranchi, whereby and whereunder, the prayer for bail of the appellant has been rejected. It has been alleged that in course of checking of vehicles, a person came out from a car and started running, who was apprehended. On a search conducted inside the vehicle arms and ammunitions were recovered and on the confession of Ravindra Ganjhu some arms and ammunitions were recovered from forest area. It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the appellant that the appellant was merely the driver of the vehicle. It has been submitted that the wife of Ravindra Ganjhu who was also a passenger in the vehicle has been granted bail by this Court in Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 1114 of 2025. Learned counsel adds that the appellant is in custody since 02.03.2025. Learned counsel further submits that the appellant does not have any criminal antecedent. Pankaj Kumar, learned PP has opposed the prayer for bail of the appellant. On consideration of the fact that the case of the present appellant appears to be similarly situated to that of the co-accused Nilam Devi who has been granted bail by this Court as noted above, we while setting aside the order dated 26.08.2025 passed in Miscellaneous Criminal Application No. 1592 of 2025 arising out of C.I.D. P.S. Case No. 13/2025 (CID Court Case No. 10 of 2025) by the learned Special Judge CID, Ranchi, direct that the appellant be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge CID, Ranchi in connection with C.I.D. P.S. Case No. 13/2025 (CID Court Case No. 10 of 2025). This appeal is allowed. (RONGON MUKHOPADHYAY, J.) (PRADEEP KUMAR SRIVASTAVA, J.) 26.09.2025 MK Page|2