2026:JHHC:7476 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 2158 of 2026 Deepak Kumar @ Deepak Kumar Gupta aged about 24 years son of Ashok Saw resident of village- Balargadda, P.O. & P.S. Katkamsandi District-Hazaribagh. (Jharkhand) … … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … … Opp. Party --- CORAM: HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANUBHA RAWAT CHOUDHARY --- For the Petitioner : Mr. Pradeep Kumar Prasad, Advocate For the Opp. Party : Ms. Mohua Palit, Advocate --- 05/18th March 2026 1. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody in connection with Katkamdag P.S. Case No. 159/2025 for the offence registered under Section 25(1-b) (a)/26/35 of the Arms Act, now said to have been pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, Hazaribagh. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that only three live cartridges have been recovered from the possession of the petitioner. He has also submitted that one of the co-accused, namely, Aman Kumar @ Pawan Singh, from whom country-made pistol along with two cartridges were seized, has been granted bail by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court on 11.02.2026 in B.A. No. 11976/2025. He submits that the petitioner is in custody since 24.09.2025. 3. Learned counsel for the opposite party-State has opposed the prayer and has submitted that the petitioner has two criminal antecedents and one includes criminal antecedent under Section 27 of the Arms Act. 4. From the impugned order, it appears that the prosecution sanction is awaited. 5. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and considering the fact that one of the co-accused, namely, Aman Kumar @ Pawan Singh has 2026:JHHC:7476 2 been granted bail by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court on 11.02.2026 in B.A. No. 11976/2025 and the period of custody of the petitioner, the petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rs. Twenty-Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate, Hazaribagh in connection with Katkamdag P.S. Case No. 159/2025, subject to the following conditions: - (i) One of the bailors would be the present pairvikar of the petitioner. (ii) The other bailor should be his close relative. (iii) The petitioner will attend the court on each and every date and on account of his single default, the learned court shall cancel the bail bond furnished by the petitioner. (iv) The petitioner would deposit a self-attested copy of his Aadhar Card along with his Mobile Number before the learned court below, which he shall not change during the pendency of the case without prior permission of the court. (v) The petitioner shall fully co-operate with the proceedings before the learned court below. 6. The instant bail application is allowed with the aforesaid conditions. 7. Let a copy of this order along with a copy of the affidavit filed with the bail petition be communicated to the court concerned through ‘e- mail/FAX’. (Anubha Rawat Choudhary, J.) Dated: 18.03.2026 Uploaded On: 19.03.2026 Mukul/-