( 2026:JHHC:17976 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 5119 of 2026 Rameshwar Mandal @ Ramesh Mandal son of Kailash Mandal … … Petitioner Versus State of Jharkhand … … Opp. Party --- CORAM :HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANUBHA RAWAT CHOUDHARY --- For the Petitioner : Md. Zaid Ahmed, Advocate For the Opp. Party : Mr. Shailendra Kumar Tiwari, Spl. P.P. --- 04/19.06.2026 Heard the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the parties. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody in connection with Giridih Cyber P.S. Case No. 05 of 2026, for the offences registered under Sections 111(2) (ii), 111(3), 111(4), 319(2), 317(5), 318(4), 338, 336(3), 340(2) and 3(5) of the B.N.S. 2023 and sections 66(B), 66(C) and 66(D) of the Information Technology Act, pending in the court of learned Additional Sessions Judge-II-cum-Special Judge, Cyber Crime, Giridih. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody since 17.02.2026 and charge sheet has been submitted. The learned counsel further submits that co-accused Ashish Mandal has been granted bail vide order dated 02.06.2026 in B.A. No. 4780 of 2026. 4. Learned counsel for the opposite party-State has opposed the prayer and has submitted that petitioner has criminal antecedent of similar nature to which the learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he has been enlarged on bail in the other case. 5. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and from perusal of impugned order itself it appears that the statement of various victims has been recorded in various paragraphs of the case diary and further investigation is also going on and the petitioner also has criminal antecedent, this court is not inclined to enlarge the petitioner above named on bail. Accordingly, prayer for bail of the petitioner above named is rejected. ( 2026:JHHC:17976 ) 2 6. So far as the bail of the co-accused is concerned, it was submitted in that case that the petitioner does not have any criminal antecedent and also that no victim has come forward to lodge a case. The case of the present petitioner stands on different footing. 7. Let this order be communicated to the court concerned through FAX/e-mail. (Anubha Rawat Choudhary, J.) Dated: 19.06.2026 Uploaded on 20.06.2026 Binit/