2025:JHHC:36631-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Criminal Appeal (D.B.) No. 920 of 2025 Surendra Singh @ Surendra Nath Singh, aged about 45 years, Son of Budhram Singh, resident of 126, Kendua Road, Behind Shiv Mandir, Kenduadih, Naya Dhaura, P.O.- Kusunda, P.S.- Kenduadih, District- Dhanbad ... Appellant Versus The State of Jharkhand … Respondent --- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RONGON MUKHOPADHYAY HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JUSTICE DEEPAK ROSHAN For the Appellant : Mr. R.S. Mazumdar, Sr. Advocate : Mr. Rohan Mazumdar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Bhola Nath Ojha, Spl.P.P. --- Order No. 02/ Dated: 06th December, 2025 1. Heard Mr. R.S. Mazumdar, learned senior counsel for the appellant and learned SPl.P.P. 2. This appeal is directed against the order dated 11.07.2025 passed in A.B.P. No. 1132 of 2025 arising out of Putki P.S. Case No. 23 of 2024 by the learned I/c Additional Sessions Judge-I, Dhanbad whereby and where under the prayer for anticipatory bail of the appellant has been rejected. 3. The appellant had earlier moved for grant of anticipatory bail in Criminal Appeal (D.B.) No. 535 of 2024 which was however rejected on 09.05.2024, considering the fact that the appellant had criminal antecedent and has also named in the First Information Report. 4. Submission has been advanced by the learned counsel for the appellant that subsequent to the earlier rejection of the prayer of anticipatory bail of the appellant, some of the co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in Criminal Appeal (D.B.) No. 610 of 2024. It has been submitted that so far as the antecedents of the appellant are concerned, he had two cases instituted against him, one of which he has been acquitted while the other case has been quashed by this Court and at the present moment, the appellant does not have any criminal antecedent which has been stated at paragraph-27 of the petition. 5. Learned Spl.P.P. has opposed the prayer for bail of the appellant. 2025:JHHC:36631-DB 2 6. On consideration of the fact some of the co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail by this Court and the fact that the appellant does not have any criminal antecedent, in view of his acquittal and quashment of criminal cases instituted against him, we while setting aside the order dated 11.07.2025 passed by learned I/c Additional Sessions Judge-I, Dhanbad in A.B.P. No. 1132 of 2025 direct the appellant to surrender before the learned trial court within a period of the four weeks from today and on surrender he will be released on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dhanbad in connection with Putki P.S. Case No. 23 of 2024. 7. This appeal is allowed. (Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J.) (Deepak Roshan, J.) Dated: 06th December, 2025 Simran/- Uploaded on:- 08.12.2025