IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 2121 of 2025 ------- Akash @ Akash Singh, aged about 28 years, son of Sanjay Singh @ Sanjay Kumar Singh, resident of Ispat Colony, Chas, P.O. & P.S. Chas, District Bokaro. …... …. Petitioner(s) Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. …. Opp. Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMBUJ NATH -------- For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. R. S. Mazumdar, Sr. Advocate For the State : Mrs. Vandana Bharti, A.P.P. -------- 02/ Dated 18.03.2025 Heard the parties. The petitioner has been made accused in connection with Bokaro Steel City P.S. Case No. 08 of 2023, corresponding to G.R. Case No.434 of 2023, for the offence registered under Sections 364, 302, 201 & 120-B/34 of the Indian Penal Code, pending in the court of Sri B.C. Samad, learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Bokaro. On 07.01.2023, staff of the informant namely Bhim Singh left his quarter with co-accused Rakesh Kumar Sah. It is alleged that both of them consumed liquor and entered into brawl. In the meantime, co-accused persons came there and abducted Bhim Singh and thereafter, dead body of Bhim Singh was recovered. During the course of investigation, it transpired that the witnesses Awadhesh Singh and Md. Dilshad in their statement recorded under Section 161 of the Cr.P.C have stated about the complicity of co-accused Ajay Kumar Singh @ Ajay Singh. Both Awadhesh Singh and Md. Dilshad have turned hostile during trial. Learned senior counsel for the petitioner has submitted that co- accused Ajay Kumar Singh @ Ajay Singh has been granted bail by this Court in B.A. No. 1848/2025. Learned A.P.P on behalf of the State has opposed the prayer for bail and submitted that co-accused persons had faced separate trial and the investigation against the petitioner is going on. -2- In view of the submission 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 Sri B.C. Samad, learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Bokaro, or his successor, in connection with Bokaro Steel City P.S. Case No. 08 of 2023, corresponding to G.R. Case No.434 of 2023. (Ambuj Nath, J.) BS/-