2026:JHHC:7797-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Cr. Appeal (DB) No.234 of 2026 Bhanu Singh @ Driver Jee, aged about 28 years, son of Kabilas Singh @ Kavilas Singh, R/o – Village – Chutiya @ Chutia, P.O. & P.S. – Ranka, District – Garhwa, Jharkhand. … 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. Anurag Kashyap, Adv. Mr. Bhaswat Prakash, Adv. For the State : Mrs. Vandana Bharti, A.P.P. ------- Order No.02/Dated- 20.03.2026 I.A. No.2500 of 2026 1. Heard Mr. Anurag Kashyap, learned counsel for the appellant and learned A.P.P. 2. This application has been preferred by the appellant for condoning the delay of 17 days in filing the appeal. 3. Having been satisfied with the reasons assigned in the instant application, the same is allowed and the delay of 17 days in filing the appeal is hereby condoned. 4. I.A. No.2500 of 2026 stands disposed of. Cr. Appeal (DB) No.234 of 2026 5. This appeal is directed against the order dated 02.12.2025 passed in Misc. Cr. Application No.1405 of 2025 by learned Additional Sessions Judge-II, Garhwa arising out of Ranka P.S. Case No.213 of 2023 (S.T. No.325 of 2025), whereby and whereunder the prayer for bail of the appellant has been rejected. 6. It has been alleged that there was an exchange of firing between the police personnel and the extremists as a result of which, the Officer-In-Charge of Ranka Police had sustained a gunshot injury. It has further been alleged that one person was 2026:JHHC:7797-DB apprehended with an AK47 rifle who disclosed his name as Shivpujan Bhuinhar. 7. Submission has been advanced by learned counsel for the appellant that Shivpujan Bhuinhar has been granted bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Court in Cr. Appeal (DB) No.1118 of 2024. It has been submitted that the appellant is in custody since 09.05.2025. It has further been submitted that nowhere it has been mentioned as to how the name of the appellant had transpired. 8. Learned A.P.P. has opposed the prayer for bail of the appellant. 9. Regard being had to the manner of implication of the appellant and the fact that the apprehended accused with an AK47 rifle has already been granted bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Court as noted above, we while setting aside the order dated 02.12.2025 passed in Misc. Cr. Application No.1405 of 2025 by learned Additional Sessions Judge-II, Garhwa arising out of Ranka P.S. Case No.213 of 2023 (S.T. No.325 of 2025), 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 amount each, to the satisfaction of learned District and Additional Sessions Judge-II, Garhwa in connection with Ranka P.S. Case No.213 of 2023. 10. Accordingly, this appeal is allowed. (Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J.) (Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, J.) Dated: 20th March, 2026 Sachin/ Uploaded On: 24/03/2026