2026:JHHC:3542-DB 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Criminal Appeal (D.B.) No. 97 of 2026 Parwati Devi aged about 41 years, w/o Sri Vijay Ray, resident of Sankh More Manjhatoli, P.O. & P.S. Raidih, District-Gumla, Jharkhand. ..… Appellant Versus The State of Jharkhand .....Respondent --------- CORAM: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay Hon’ble Mr. Justice Deepak Roshan --------- For the Appellant : Mr. Mohit Prakash, Adv. For the Respondents : Mr. Abhay Kr. Tiwari, A.P.P. 2/10.02.2026 Heard Mohit Prakash, learned counsel appearing for the appellant and Mr. Abhay Kr. Tiwari, learned Addl. P.P. appearing for the State. 2. This appeal has been directed against the order dated 08.01.2026 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-I-cum Spl. Judge, Gumla, in connection with Raidih, P.S. Case No. 63 of 2025; whereby and whereunder the prayer for bail of the appellant has been rejected. 3. The allegation reveals about selling of a newborn child, and the appellant has been implicated on account of having facilitated the said transaction. 4. Submission has been advanced by the learned counsel for the appellant that the appellant is in custody since 8.1.2026. It has further been submitted that the entire episode was played by Karina Bhagat, the mother of the newborn child, with the help of her mother and so far as, the appellant is concerned, she is merely a Sahiya who has been implicated on account of having facilitated the 2026:JHHC:3542-DB 2 transaction of selling of the newborn child. 5. Learned A. P.P. has opposed the prayer for bail of the appellant. 6. Regard being had to the fact that the appellant seems to have played a limited role in the entire episode, we while setting aside the order dated 08.01.2026 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-I-cum Spl. Judge, Gumla, in connection with Raidih, P.S. Case No. 63 of 2025, direct the appellant be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Sessions Judge-I-cum Spl. Judge, Gumla, in connection with Raidih, P.S. Case No. 63 of 2025. 7. Accordingly, this appeal is allowed. (Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J.) (Deepak Roshan, J.) February 10, 2026 Fahim/Amardeep Uploaded on 18/02/2026