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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 11118 of 2025 --------- Dulal Gorai, Aged about 25 Years, S/o- Sunil Gorai, resident of Mouza-Saluka P.O. & P.S.-Bindapathar, District-Jamtara, Jharkhand.
… … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand. … … Opp. Party ---------
CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUJIT NARAYAN PRASAD ----------
For the Petitioner
: Mr. Preetam Mandal, Advocate For the Opp. Party
: Mr. Suraj Deo Munda, APP ---------- 03/Dated: 18th February, 2026
1. The instant application has been filed under Sections 483 and 484 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of bail in connection with Bindapathar P.S. Case No.64 of 2023 (S.T. No. 106 of 2023] registered under Sections 147,149,323,325,307,302,506 and 120B of the IPC, pending in the court of learned Additional Sessions Judge-III, Jamtara.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that he has been implicated in this case due to land dispute between the informant and his family member.
3. It has been submitted that the other co-accused person, namely, Sadhan Gorain @ Mandal has already been granted bail by the co-ordinate Bench of this Court in B.A. No. 10310 of 2024 vide order dated 21.01.2025 and
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the case of the present petitioner falls on better footing. The petitioner is in custody since 24.02.2025.
4. Therefore, claiming the ground of parity, submission has been made that the present petitioner may also be enlarged on bail.
5. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the opposite party-State although has seriously opposed the prayer for grant of bail but he has not disputed the fact of grant of bail in favour of the co-accused person.
6. This Court has heard the learned counsel for the parties.
7. This Court has taken into consideration the fact that the other co-accused person, namely, namely, Sadhan Gorain @ Mandal has already been granted bail by the co-ordinate Bench of this Court in B.A. No. 10310 of 2024 vide order dated 21.01.2025, which has not been disputed by learned APP appearing for the State and the petitioner is jail custody for about one year, as such, considering the issue of parity, this Court is of the view that the present application deserves to be allowed.
8. Accordingly, the instant bail application stands allowed.
9. In consequence thereof, the petitioner named above, is
directed to 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 the learned Additional Sessions Judge-III, Jamtara in connection
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Bindapathar P.S. Case No.64 of 2023 (S.T. No. 106 of 2023] with the condition that the petitioner shall co- operate in the trial and shall not absent himself on the date fixed without any cogent cause. In failure, the learned trial court shall have liberty to pass appropriate
order in accordance with law so that the trial be not hindered.
(Sujit Narayan Prasad, J.) 18th February, 2026 Alankar/-