Neutral Citation No. ( 2026:JHHC:14566-DB ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Criminal Appeal (D.B.) No. 605 of 2026 Ujjwal Mal @ Ujjwal Mallik, S/o Anil Mal, R/o Mohijor, P.O.- Amba, P.S.- Kundahait, District- Jamtara, Jharkhand ... … 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. D.C. Mishra, Advocate For the Respondent : Mrs. Priya Shrestha, Spl. P.P. --------- 02/13.05.2026 Heard Mr. D.C. Mishra, learned counsel for the appellant and learned Spl. P.P. for the State. This appeal is directed against the order dated 04.04.2026 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge- I, Dhanbad in B.P. No. 196/2026, arising out of Dhanbad G.R.P.S. Case No. 67/2026, whereby and whereunder, the prayer for bail of the appellant has been rejected. It has been alleged that on an information that some children were being trafficked in Vasco Da Gama Express a raid was conducted at Dhanbad Station and seven persons were apprehended. They had disclosed about the appellant and one Kanchan Mallik who were taking them to Secunderabad for working in a Solar Plant. It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the appellant that out of the seven persons intercepted one was a minor child while the rest six were adults. Learned counsel submits that it was Kanchan Mallik who was apprehended at the spot and so far, as the present appellant is concerned, he is said to have deboarded at Jasidih. Learned counsel adds that the appellant is in custody since 26.02.2026. Learned Spl. P.P. has opposed the prayer for bail of the appellant. Regard being had to the fact that out of seven persons apprehended only one person was found to be a minor and the rest were adults and considering the fact that the appellant was not apprehended at the spot, we while setting aside the order dated 04.04.2026 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-I, Dhanbad in B.P. No. 196/2026, arising out of Dhanbad G.R.P.S. Case No. 67/2026, direct that the appellant be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate Railway, Dhanbad in connection with Dhanbad G.R.P.S. Case No. 67/2026. This appeal stands allowed. (Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J.) (Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, J.) Dated, the 13th May, 2026 A. Sanga/- Uploaded on 14 /05/2026 -2-