Neutral Citation No. ( 2025:JHHC:13042-DB ) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Cr. Appeal (DB) No. 445 of 2025 Sonu Kumar Ojha, S/o Bishanath Ojha, R/o Kanke, P.P. GPO, P.S. Gonda, Dist,- Ranchi --- --- Appellant Versus The State of Jharkhand --- --- Respondent --- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RONGON MUKHOPADHYAY HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMBUJ NATH --- For the Appellant : Mr. Suraj Kishore Prasad, Adv. For the State : Mrs. Vandana Bharti, A.P.P. --- 02/01.05.2025 Heard Mr. Suraj Kishore Prasad, learned counsel for the appellant and Mrs. Vandana Bharti, learned A.P.P. This appeal is directed against the order dated 22.03.2025 passed by the learned Additional Judicial Commissioner-XIII, Ranchi in M.C.A. No. 413/2025 in connection with S.T. Case No. 141/2025 whereby and whereunder, the prayer for bail of the appellant has been rejected. It has been alleged that the appellant had taken away the son and niece of the informant for the purposes of human trafficking to Tamil Nadu. Submission has been advanced that both have been examined as P.W. 2 and P.W. 3 and both have been declared hostile by the prosecution, thus, demolishing the case of the prosecution itself. It has further been submitted that the appellant is in custody since 29.12.2024. Learned A.P.P. has opposed the prayer for bail of the appellant. Regard being had to the fact that the victims have been declared hostile by the prosecution, we, while setting aside the order dated 22.03.2025 passed by the learned Additional Judicial Commissioner-XIII, Ranchi in M.C.A. No. Neutral Citation No. ( 2025:JHHC:13042-DB ) -2- 413/2025 in connection with S.T. Case No. 141/2025, direct that the appellant be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Additional Judicial Commissioner-XIII, Ranchi in connection with S.T. Case No. 141/2025, 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 trial. This appeal is allowed. (Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J.) (Ambuj Nath, J.) Preet/-