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2026:JHHC:1265-DB
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Cr. Appeal (DB) No.1606 of 2025
Aavid Ansari, aged about 21 years, Son of Sahim Ansari, Resident of Babudih, P.O. – Jhundo, P.S. – Sono, District – Jamui, State – Bihar.
… Appellant
Versus
1. The State of Jharkhand
2. The Union of India, Dhanbad Railway Sub-Divsion
… Respondents
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Coram: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RONGON MUKHOPADHYAY
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRADEEP KUMAR SRIVASTAVA
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For the Appellant : Mr. Aniket Jaiswal, Adv.
For the State
: Mr. Vishwanath Roy, Spl. P.P. -------
Order No.03/Dated- 19.01.2026
1. Heard Mr. Aniket Jaiswal, learned counsel for the appellant and learned Spl. P.P.
2. This appeal is directed against the order dated 06.11.2025 passed in A.B.P. No.2786 of 2025 by learned Additional Sessions Judge-I, Dhanbad arising out of Dhanbad G.R.P.S. Case No.74 of 2025, whereby and whereunder the prayer for anticipatory bail of the appellant has been rejected.
3. It has been alleged that some children were apprehended from a train and all the children had stated before the C.W.C. that they were being taken to Karnataka and Chhattisgarh for working as a labour.
4. Submission has been advanced by learned counsel for the appellant that vague allegations have been levelled against the appellant.
5. Learned Spl. P.P. while referring to the case diary, has submitted that the parents of two of the children have disclosed that the children were being taken to Mumbai by the accused persons for educational purposes and in support of it, some documents have also been brought on record. It has also been submitted that as per the statement of the victims, they were being taken to other States for working as labour.
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6. On considering the statement of the parents of some of the children who were being purportedly trafficked, we while setting aside the order dated 06.11.2025 passed in A.B.P. No.2786 of 2025 by learned Additional Sessions Judge-I, Dhanbad arising out of Dhanbad G.R.P.S. Case No.74 of 2025, direct the appellant to surrender before the learned Trial Court within a period of four weeks and on his surrender, the learned Court below shall release him 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 Railway Judicial Magistrate, Dhanbad in connection with Dhanbad G.R.P.S. Case No.74 of 2025.
7. Accordingly, this appeal is allowed.
(Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J.)
(Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, J.)
Dated: 19th January, 2026
Sachin/