2026:JHHC:15196 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 3100 of 2026 Ankit Kumar @ Ankit Kumar Das, aged about 26 years, Son of Sri Ashok Kumar Das. … … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … … Opposite Party --- CORAM :HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANUBHA RAWAT CHOUDHARY --- For the Petitioner : Mr. Abhijeet Kumar Singh, Advocate : Mr. Deepak Kumar Chouhan, Advocate For the Opp. Party-State : Mr. Shailendra Kr. Tiwari, Spl. P.P. --- 04/15.05.2026 1. Heard the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the parties. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody since 16.02.2026 in connection with Jamtara Cyber P.S. Case No. 61 of 2023, for the alleged offence registered under Sections 414, 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code read with Sections 66 (B)(C)(D) of the Information Technology Act pending in the court of learned Special Judge, Cyber Crime, at Jamtara. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that as per the first information report itself the petitioner was not apprehended on the spot, rather his father was apprehended and mobile/ SIM Card has been recovered from his possession. 4. Learned counsel has further submitted that though the petitioner has one criminal antecedent, but there is nothing to connect the petitioner so far as the present case is concerned. No victim has been 2026:JHHC:15196 2 identified and the mobile/SIM were not recovered from the possession of the petitioner. 5. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the opposite party-State has opposed the prayer for bail. He submits that the father in his confessional statement has stated that the mobile belongs to the petitioner and the petitioner has one criminal antecedent of similar nature. He further submits that APK file has been found in the mobile which has been recovered from the possession of the father of the petitioner. 6. To this, the learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the father of the petitioner has already been enlarged on bail in B.A. No. 12021 of 2023 vide order dated 21.03.2024 and the charge sheet has already been submitted against the petitioner. 7. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and considering the fact that the person from whom the mobile/SIM were recovered has been enlarged on bail by this Court and the fact that there has been no recovery from the possession of the petitioner and the petitioner was not apprehended on the spot, the petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rs. Twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge, Cyber Crime at Jamtara in connection with Jamtara Cyber P.S. Case No. 61 of 2023 on the following conditions: (i) One of the bailors would be the present pairvikar of the petitioner. 2026:JHHC:15196 3 (ii) The other bailor should be his close relative. (iii) The petitioner will attend the court on each and every date and on account of his single default, the learned court shall cancel the bail bond furnished by the petitioner. (iv) The petitioner will deposit a self-attested copy of his Aadhar Card along with his mobile number before the learned court which he will not change during the pendency of the case without prior permission of the court. (v) The petitioner shall fully co-operate with the proceedings before the learned court below. 8. The instant bail application is allowed with the aforesaid conditions. 9. Let a copy of this order along with a copy of the affidavit filed with the bail petition be communicated to the court concerned through ‘FAX/E-mail’. (Anubha Rawat Choudhary, J.) 15.05.2026 Rakesh/- Uploaded on:-16.05.2026