Neutral Citation No. ( 2025:JHHC:31001 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 9156 of 2025 ------ Santosh Prasad @ Santosh Rajak, aged about 26 years, S/o- Tirthdev Prasad, R/o Village-Bogasadam, P.O. Nawadih, P.S.- Pathalgadda, District-Chatra, Jharkhand … … Petitioner -Versus - The State of Jharkhand ... … Opposite Party ------ CORAM: - HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMBUJ NATH ------ For the Petitioner : M/s. Manoj Kr Choubey, Advocate For the State : M/s. Rakesh Ranjan, A.P.P. ----- 02/08.10.2025 Heard the parties 2. The petitioner has been made accused in connection with Simariya P.S. Case No. 187 of 2024, for the offences registered under Sections 103(1), 238, 3(5) of the B.N.S., pending in the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra. 3. The deceased is the sister of the informant. On 11.11.2024, at about 03:30 P.M., husband of the deceased alongwith named accused persons abducted her, while she was on the way to home from her school and, thereafter she was murdered. 4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. and his name has come in confession of co- accused persons. It was further submitted that co-accused Anil Kumar @ Anil Rajak has been granted bail by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court. 5. Mr. Rakesh Ranjan, learned A.P.P. has opposed the prayer for bail. 6. In view of the submissions made above, I am inclined to release the petitioner, on bail. Accordingly, the petitioner, named above, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra in connection with Simariya P.S. Case No. 187 of 2024. (Ambuj Nath, J.) October 08, 2025 Nandini/- Uploaded