Neutral Citation No. ( 2025:JHHC:36738-DB ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Cr. Appeal (DB) No. 1478 of 2025 ------ Uday Oraon @ Uday Jee, aged about 31 years, S/o. Late Sukra Oraon, R/o. Vill.- Kautand Tola, Murhu Karcha, P.O. & P.S.- Pesrar, Dist. Lohardaga, 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. Vishnu Prabhakar Pathak, Advocate For the State : Mr. Vishwanath Roy, Spl.P.P. ------ 02/08.12.2025 Heard Mr. Vishnu Prabhakar Pathak, learned counsel for the appellant and Mr. Vishwanath Roy, learned Special P.P. 2. This appeal is directed against the order dated 30.08.2025, passed in Misc. Criminal Application No. 625 of 2025 arising out of S.T. Case No. 249 of 2024 corresponding to Garu P.S. Case No. 03 of 2021 by the learned Addl. Sessions Judge-III, Latehar, whereby and where under the prayer for bail of the appellant has been rejected. 3. Submission has been advanced by learned counsel for the appellant that the appellant has been implicated only on account of fact that the extremists while fleeing away were taking the name of each other. Learned counsel has further submitted that in similar circumstances some of the co-accused persons have been granted bail by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court and one of the co-accused has been granted bail by this Court vide Cr. Appeal (DB) No. 866 of 2022. It has further submitted that the appellant is in custody since 17.04.2023. 4. Learned Special P.P. has opposed the prayer for bail of the appellant. 5. The allegation reveals that there was an exchange of firing between the police personnel and the extremists and on being out maneuvered the extremists had fled away. The name of the appellant seems to have transpired on account of the over hearing when the extremists were calling each other while fleeing away. 6. Regard being had to the fact that similarly situated co-accused persons have been granted bail by this Court as well as co-ordinate Bench of this Court, apart from the manner of implication of the appellant, we while setting aside the order dated 30.08.2025, passed in Misc. Criminal Application No. 625 of 2025 arising out of S.T. Case No. 249 of 2024 corresponding to Garu P.S. Case No. 03 of 2021 by the learned Addl. Sessions Judge-III, Latehar, direct that the appellant be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand only), with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Addl. Sessions Judge-III, Latehar in connection with S.T. Case No. 249 of 2024 corresponding to Garu P.S. Case No. 03 of 2021. 6. This appeal is allowed. (Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J) (Ambuj Nath, J) 8 December 2025 R.kr.-Rahul/ Uploaded on- 10.12.2025