2025:JHHC:13806-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Cr. Appeal (DB) No. 325 of 2025 ------ Ranjeet Nag, aged about 45 years, S/o. Shaktidhar Lohra, R/o. Arkiya, P.O. & P.S.- Bundu, Dist.- Ranchi, Jharkhand. … … Appellant -Versus - The State of Jharkhand ... … Respondent ------ CORAM: - Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ambuj Nath ------ For the Appellant : Mr. Mohit Prakash, Advocate For the State : Mr. Saket Kumar, A.P.P. ------ 07/07.05.2025 Heard Mr. Mohit Prakash, learned counsel for the appellant and Mr. Saket Kumar, learned A.P.P. 2. This appeal is directed against the order dated 16.10.2024 passed by learned Addl. Judicial Commissioner-IV-cum-Spl Judge, POCSO, Ranchi in Misc. Criminal Application No. 2715/2024 arising out of Tamar P.S. Case No. 86 of 2024, whereby and whereunder, the prayer for bail of the appellant has been rejected. 3. It has been alleged that the victim/informant was taken to Bundu and thereafter she was taken to Patna and finally taken to Lucknow, where she was subjected to rape by a truck driver Dilip. It has also been alleged that the victim was dropped near the road and she was recovered by the police, after which this case has been instituted. In the entire sequence of her leaving from Ranchi to Lucknow, several persons have been implicated. 4. Submission has been advanced by learned counsel for the appellant that the appellant is said to have dropped the victim near Bundu Over Bridge and thereafter one Uttam Lohra took her to his house and in the next morning, she was taken to Patna. It has further been submitted that during her evidence in the trial, the victim has not stated anything against the appellant, save and except the fact that he took her on his motorcycle and dropped her at Bundu. Learned counsel further submits that the appellant is in custody since 12.09.2024. 5. Learned A.P.P. has opposed the prayer for bail of the appellant. 2 | P a g e 6. In view of the evidence of the victim and the fact that the main allegation has been leveled against Dilip, who had subjected the victim to rape apart from the present appellant being in custody since 12.09.2024, we, while setting aside the order dated 16.10.2024 passed by learned Addl. Judicial Commissioner-IV-cum-Spl Judge, POCSO, Ranchi in Misc. Criminal Application No. 2715/2024 arising out of Tamar P.S. Case No. 86 of 2024, 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 Additional Judicial Commissioner-IV, Ranchi in connection with Tamar P.S. Case No. 86 of 2024, subject to the condition that the appellant shall remain physically present before the learned trial Court on each and every date till the conclusion of the trial. 7. This appeal is allowed and disposed of. (Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J) (Ambuj Nath, J) Jay-Rahul/