2026:JHHC:2949 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 10944 of 2025 ------ Sanjay Kumar, son of Dashrath Mahto, resident of Village Edla, P.O. Dari, P.S. Simariya, District Chatra .... .... …. Petitioner Versus State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opp. Party CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GAUTAM KUMAR CHOUDHARY For the Petitioner : Mr. Sabyasanchi, Advocate For the State : Mr. Naveen Kumar Gaunjhu, A.P.P. ------ Order No.03 / Dated : 04.02.2026 Bail petition filed on behalf of the petitioner- Sanjay Kumar, who is in custody since 23.07.2025 in connection with Tandwa P.S. Case No. 140 of 2025 for the offence registered under Sections 303(2) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 pending in the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra, is pressed into motion. As per the FIR, the petitioner is accused of committing theft of Hywa Truck. It is submitted by the learned counsel on behalf of petitioner that he was not involved in the offence and nothing has been seized from him. His name has come-up on the basis of confessional statement of the co-accused. Learned A.P.P. opposed the bail petition. It is submitted he was involved in organized gang of vehicle lifters and has criminal antecedent of similar nature of offence. Under the circumstances, this Court is not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner stands rejected at this stage. (Gautam Kumar Choudhary, J.) Anit