Neutral Citation No. ( 2026:JHHC:17163-DB ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Criminal Appeal (D.B.) No. 603 of 2026 --- Piyush Kumar @ Piyush Agrawal @ Piyush Agarwal … … Appellant Versus The State of Jharkhand … … Respondent --- CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RONGON MUKHOPADHYAY : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN KUMAR RAI --- For the Appellant : Mr. Vishnu Prabhakar Pathak, Advocate For the Respondent : A.P.P. --- 2/15.06.2026 Heard Mr. Vishnu Prabhakar Pathak, learned counsel appearing for the appellant and the learned A.P.P. appearing for the State. This appeal is directed against the order dated 25.03.2026 passed in B. P. No. 300 of 2026 arising out of Chutia P. S. Case No. 28 of 2026 by the learned Judicial Commissioner, Ranchi whereby and whereunder the prayer for bail of the appellant has been rejected. It has been alleged that a raid was conducted at Hotel The Cenet, Chutia from where Mandeep Kumar Goswami and Sobha Kumari were apprehended. Subsequently, on search of the rooms, the appellant along with some girls were apprehended and several incriminating articles were recovered. Submission has been advanced by the learned counsel for the appellant that so far as the appellant is concerned, he was found with a girl in a room which is the cause for lodging of FIR against him as well. He further submits that one of the co-accused Raj Vardhan Sharma has been granted bail by this court in Cr. Appeal (DB) No. 505 of 2026. It has further been submitted that the appellant is in custody since 02.03.2026. Learned A.P.P. for the State has opposed the prayer for bail of the appellant. -2- Regard being had to the fact that similarly situated co-accused has been granted bail as noted above, we while setting aside the order dated 25.03.2026 passed in B. P. No. 300 of 2026 by the learned Judicial Commissioner, Ranchi, direct that the appellant above named 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 C.J.M., Ranchi in connection with Chutia P. S. Case No. 28 of 2026 This appeal is allowed. (Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J.) (Arun Kumari Rai, J.) Uploaded R. Shekhar Cp 3