2026:JHHC:3020-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Cr. Appeal (DB) No.122 of 2026 Washim Khan @ Wasim Khan aged about 30 years, S/o Fahim Khan, R/o 45A Isri Bazar, HP Petrol Pump, Isri Bazar, P.O. & P.S. – Rosna Tunda, District – Giridih. … 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. Mahesh Tewari, Adv. Ms. Aulia Begum, Adv. For the State : Mr. Shailendra Kumar Tiwari, Spl. P.P. ------- Order No.02/Dated- 05.02.2026 1. Heard Mr. Mahesh Tewari, learned counsel for the appellant and learned Spl. P.P. 2. This appeal is directed against the order dated 06.01.2026 passed by learned A.J.C.-II-cum-Special Judge, Cyber Crime, Ranchi in Misc. Criminal Appeal No.2459 of 2025 arising out of Cyber Crime P.S. Case No.189 of 2024, whereby and whereunder the prayer for bail of the appellant has been rejected. 3. Submission has been advanced by learned counsel for the appellant that after the prayer for bail of the appellant was rejected in Cr. Appeal (DB) No.1404 of 2024, one of the co- accused similarly situated has been granted bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Court in Cr. Appeal (DB) No.1092 of 2025 vide order dated 24.11.2025. It has been submitted that the appellant is in custody since 08.08.2024 and there is only one victim in the case who also has been recovered. 4. Learned Spl. P.P. has opposed the prayer for bail of the appellant. 5. Regard being had to the period of custody undergone by the appellant and the fact that one of the similarly situated co- accused having been granted bail by a Coordinate Bench of this 2026:JHHC:3020-DB Court as noted above, we while setting aside the order dated 06.01.2026 passed by learned A.J.C.-II-cum-Special Judge, Cyber Crime, Ranchi in Misc. Criminal Appeal No.2459 of 2025 arising out of Cyber Crime P.S. Case No.189 of 2024, 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 A.J.C.-II-cum- Special Judge Cyber Crime, Ranchi in connection with Cyber Crime P.S. Case No.189 of 2024. 6. Accordingly, this appeal is allowed. (Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J.) (Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, J.) Dated: 5th February, 2026 Sachin/