Neutral Citation No. 2025:JHHC:21357-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 577 of 2025 Rahul Keshari @ Tiwari @ Vickki ... Appellant Versus The State of Jharkhand … Respondent --- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RONGON MUKHOPADHYAY HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PRADEEP KUMAR SRIVASTAVA For the Appellant : Mr. Saurav Mahto, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Vandana Bharti, A.P.P. --- Order No. 02 Dated 01st August, 2025 I.A. No. 8274 of 2025 Heard the learned counsel for the respective parties. This application has been preferred by the appellant for condoning a delay of 50 days in filing the appeal. Having been satisfied with the reasons assigned in this application, the delay of 50 days which had occurred in filing this appeal is condoned and this I.A. is allowed and disposed of. Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 577 of 2025 Heard the learned counsel for the respective sides. This appeal is directed against the order dated 22.11.2024 passed in B.P. No. 354 of 2024 in connection with Ranka P.S. Case No. 213/2023 by the learned Sessions Judge, Garhwa, whereby and whereunder, the prayer for bail of the appellant has been rejected. It has been alleged that some persons belonging to an extremist organization were involved in collecting levy and had also made firing upon the police personnel on account of which one of the police personnel had suffered injuries. Submission has been advanced by the learned counsel for the appellant that the appellant is not named in the First Information Report and he has been implicated on the confession of Shivpujan Bhuiyan. It has been submitted that the appellant is in custody since 02.04.2024. One of the 2. co-accused has been granted bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Court in Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 726 of 2024. Learned APP has opposed the prayer for bail of the appellant and has submitted that the appellant has got several criminal antecedents. Regard being had to the manner of implication of the appellant and the fact that one of the co-accused similarly situated has been granted bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Court, we while setting aside the order dated 22.11.2024 passed in B.P. No. 354 of 2024 in connection with Ranka P.S. Case No. 213/2023 by the learned Sessions Judge, Garhwa, direct that the appellant be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like mount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Garhwa in connection with Ranka P.S. Case No. 213/2023, subject to the conditions that one of the bailers should be a close relative of the appellant and the appellant shall cooperate with the investigation as and when called upon and he shall also physically appear before the learned trial court on each and every date. This appeal is allowed. (RONGON MUKHOPADHYAY, J.) MK (PRADEEP KUMAR SRIVASTAVA, J.)