2026:JHHC:4139 - 1 - IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 12105 of 2025 1. Keshar Ansari @ Kaisher son of Munna Ansari 2. Md. Janu @ Janu, son of Late Mohd. Ishaq Both are residents of Village- Panahkola, P.O. & P.S.- Madhupur, District- Deoghar … … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand …. … Opp. Party CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH SHANKAR For the Petitioners : Mr. Rahul Ranjan, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Ruby Pandey, A.P.P. 02/13.02.2026 The petitioners are accused for the offences punishable under Sections 318(4)/338/336(3)/340(2)/61(2)/297(2)/3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Section 7 of the Lotteries (Regulation) Act, 1998, Section 11 of the Bihar & Bengal Gambling Act, 1867 and Sections 4/5 of the Bihar Ban on Lottery Act, 1998. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have been falsely implicated in the present case and have not committed any offence as alleged in the F.I.R. As per the allegation, the petitioners were found involved in illegal lottery printing factory along with other co-accused persons and were apprehended. It is further submitted that similarly situated co-accused persons namely Md. Shahid and Shahrukh Khan, who were apprehended from the alleged place of occurrence, have already been granted regular bail by a bench of this Court vide order dated 12.02.2026 passed in B.A. No. 12042 of 2025. The petitioners are in judicial custody in connection with the present case since 06.11.2025 and have no criminal antecedent as stated in paragrapah-22 of the present bail application. Hence, they may be given the privilege of regular bail. 3. Learned A.P.P. opposes the petitioners’ prayer for regular bail. 4. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering 2026:JHHC:4139 - 2 - the materials available on record, I am inclined to enlarge the petitioners on bail. 5. Accordingly, the petitioners above named are directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) each with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate-1st Class, Dhanbad in connection with Govindpur P.S. Case No. 528 of 2025. (Rajesh Shankar, J.) February 13, 2026 Ritesh Uploaded on 16.02.2026