Neutral Citation No. ( 2025:JHHC:37737 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 10843 of 2025 ------ Subhash Prajapati, aged about 35 years, S/o-Late Mahesh Prajapati, R/o-Village-Kurmadiha, P.O. & P.S.-Barkagaon, District-Hazaribagh, Jharkhand … … Petitioner -Versus - The State of Jharkhand ... … Opposite Party ------ CORAM: - HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMBUJ NATH ------ For the Petitioner : M/s. Ranjan Pandit, Advocate : M/s. Arvind Kumar Choudhary, Advocate For the State : M/s. Someshwar Roy, A.P.P. ----- 02/16.12.2025 Heard the parties 2. The petitioner has been made accused in connection with Barkagaon P.S. Case No. 180 of 2025, for the offences registered under Section 140(3) of the B.N.S., 2023, pending in the Court of Sri Abhinav Kumar, learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Hazaribagh. 3. On 06.07.2025, at about 08:00 A.M., husband of the informant namely Dinesh Prajapati went to supervise his fields, thereafter, he went missing. Suspicion has been raised against the petitioner and his father that they might have hand in his disappearance, due to previous enmity. 4. Mr. Arvind Kumar Choudhary, leaned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner has submitted that the deceased had died due to drowning. It was further submitted that apart from suspicion, there is no other material against the petitioner on the record. It was finally submitted that after the occurrence, a mob of about 60 persons ransacked the house of the petitioner, set it ablaze and they also destructed property worth Rs. 10.00 lakhs. It appears that the mob has also murdered the father of this petitioner. 5. Considering the nature of allegation, 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 Sri Abhinav Kumar, learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Hazaribagh in connection with Barkagaon P.S. Case No. 180 of 2025. (Ambuj Nath, J.) December 16, 2025 Nandini/- Uploaded 17.12.2025