( 2025:JHHC:10741 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 2773 of 2025 ------- Shrikant Ahir @ Lohra, S/o Ranglal Ahir, aged 50 years, R/o village Amba Jharia Tola Kadambjara, P.S. Angara, P.O. Hehal, District Ranchi. …... …. Petitioner(s) Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. …. Opp. Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMBUJ NATH -------- For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Anurag Choudhary, Advocate For the State : Mr. Shree Prakash Jha, A.P. P. -------- 02/ Dated 08.04.2025 Heard the parties. The petitioner has been made accused in connection with Angara P.S. Case No. 04 of 2025, for the offence registered under Sections 103/238/3(5) of B.N.S., 2023, pending in the court of Ms. Ekta Saxena, learned Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi. On 06.01.2025, the nephew of the informant namely Mulayam Ahir went missing. Later on, his dead body was recovered from Chandwa Tungri forest. It is alleged that the deceased was having illicit relationship with the daughter of Manbodh Ahir. Suspicion was raised that he might have committed the murder of the deceased. It was submitted that petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. It was further submitted that nothing incriminating has been recovered on the pointing out of the petitioner. Learned A.P.P on behalf of the State has opposed the prayer for bail and submitted that name of the petitioner has come in the confession of -2- named accused persons. It was also submitted that from the call CDR report, it appears that petitioner had talked to the deceased prior to the occurrence. 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 Ms. Ekta Saxena, learned Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi, or her successor, in connection with Angara P.S. Case No. 04 of 2025. (Ambuj Nath, J.) BS/-