2026:JHHC:16394-DB 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Cr. Appeal (DB) No. 597 of 2026 --------- Amarjeet Yadav @ Tinku Yadav @ Lakhan Yadav @ Amarjeet Da, Son of Late Moti Yadav, aged about 60 years, Resident of Village Gadhatari, P.O. & P.S. Barachati, District Gaya (Bihar) ... … Appellant Versus State of Jharkhand ... … Respondent --------- CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RONGON MUKHOPADHYAY HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN KUMAR RAI --------- For the Appellant :Ms. Shivani Jaluka, Advocate For the Res.-State :Ms. Priya Shrestha, Spl.P.P. --------- 04/09.06.2026 Heard Ms. Shivani Jaluka, learned counsel for the appellant and Ms. Priya Shrestha learned Spl.P.P. for the State. This appeal is directed against the order dated 24.03.2026 passed by the learned District and Additional Sessions Judge- II, Chatra in Misc. Cri. Application No. 399/2026 in S.T. Case No. 294 of 2024 arising out of Chatra Sadar P.S. Case No. 3/2019, whereby and whereunder, the prayer for bail of the appellant has been rejected. It has been alleged that there was an exchange of firing between the police personnel and the extremists, which resulted in the death of one of the extremists, and several incriminating articles were recovered from the place of occurrence. Submission has been advanced by the learned counsel for the appellant that though the appellant has been named in the first information report, he has been implicated primarily on account of suspicion. Learned counsel submits that one of the co-accused, namely Ajay Yadav, has been granted bail by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 978 of 2022. It has further been submitted that no police personnel suffered 2026:JHHC:16394-DB 2 any injury and the appellant is in custody since 14.05.2024. Learned Spl.P.P. has opposed the prayer for bail of the appellant. Regard being had to the fact that the appellant seems to have been implicated primarily on the basis of suspicion, we while setting aside the order dated 24.03.2026 passed in Misc. Cri. Application No. 399/2026 arising out of Chatra Sadar P.S. Case No. 3/2019 by the learned District and Additional Sessions Judge- II, Chatra 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 District and Additional Sessions Judge- II, Chatra in S.T. Case No. 294 of 2024 arising out of Chatra Sadar P.S. Case No. 3/2019, subject to the condition that the appellant shall remain physically present before the learned trial court on each and every date till the conclusion of the trial unless prevented by sufficient cause. This appeal stands allowed. (Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J.) (Arun Kumar Rai, J.) Umesh-Abhishek/-