2026:JHHC:4837 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No.9886 of 2025 …. Kamal Mandal, aged about 38 years, son of Sri Tukal Mandal, resident of Village Dewalbari, P.O. and P.S.- Dewalbari, District- Jamtara, Jharkhand ……Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ……Opp. Party ----- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY PRASAD ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Arvind Kr. Choudhary, Advocate For the State : Mr. Rajneesh Vardhan, A.P.P …… Order No.03/16th February 2026 1. The present Bail Application has been filed on behalf of the petitioner for grant of regular bail, who is in custody since 10.07.2025 in connection with GRP/Ranchi P.S. Case No.22/2025 instituted for the offences under Sections 123, 305(C) of BNS. 2. As per the FIR based on fardbeyan of Mukesh recorded by S.I. Shiv Ram of Rail Police Jhajha on 29.05.2025 that the Informant was working as a welder in Banglore, Karntaka and on 27.05.2025 at 08.50 hours, he boarded Train No.12836, coach no.S-2, birth no.53 and reached Hatia Railway Station on 28.05.2025 at 20.00 hours where one person approached him to ask whereabouts of the Informant then while going to Jasidih the Informant consumed lassi given by that said person, he slept and when he woke-up, he found himself between Jamtara and Madhupur and found that his one bag was missing containing cash of Rs.8000/-. ATM Card, MI Mobile with Airtel Sim. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has not committed any offence. It is submitted that the petitioner has been falsely implicated by the 2026:JHHC:4837 2 police. It is submitted that there is delay in lodging the FIR without any explanation. It is submitted that apart from confessional statement of the petitioner nothing suspicion raised against the petitioner, there is no evidence to show his complicity in the present case. It is submitted that the petitioner is in custody since 10.07.2025 and hence he may be enlarged on bail. 4. On the other hand, learned APP has opposed the prayer of bail of the petitioner. It is submitted that the allegation against the petitioner of his involvement in intoxicating gang, administered poisonous substance to passengers travelling in trains for the purpose for committing theft of their belongings. It is submitted that the petitioner was identified in T.I. Parade by the Informant. It is further submitted that the case diary also discloses that the petitioner is a person with having criminal antecedents and hence the prayer of bail of the petitioner may be rejected. 5. Having heard learned counsel for both the sides and from perusal of the records of this case, it appears that the petitioner had given intoxicating substance in lassi to the Informant for committing theft. 6. It appears from the impugned order passed by the learned Judicial Commissioner, Ranchi that the petitioner was identified by the Informant in T.I. Parade. 7. It further appears from the impugned order passed by the learned Judicial Commissioner, Ranchi that the petitioner is having criminal antecedent. 8. It further appears that the petitioner has himself confessed about his guilt and complicity in this occurrence in paragraph 19 of the case diary. 2026:JHHC:4837 3 9. Accordingly, this Court is not inclined to grant the bail to the petitioner. Hence, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is, hereby, rejected. 10. Thus, the Bail Application No.9886 of 2025 is dismissed. However, the learned Trial Court is directed to conclude the Trial expeditiously as early as possible. 11. Let a copy of this order be sent to the learned Court below. (Sanjay Prasad, J.) Dated :- 16.02.2026 Nishant/-