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[2026:JHHC:17919] IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
B.A. No.5498 of 2026
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1. Latu Oraon aged about 21 Years S/O Shivraj Bhagat, R/O Village- Labga, P.O. & P.S.- Bishunpur, District- Gumla (Jharkhand)
2. Sudeep Oraon aged about 19 Years S/O Late Jaiswal Oraon, R/O Village – Lapu Guria Toli, P.O.- Salamnawatoli, P.S.- Bishunpur, District- Gumla (Jharkhand)
.... .... …. Petitioners
Versus The State of Jharkhand
.... .... Opposite Party
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CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY
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For the Petitioners : Mr. Kripa Shankar Nanda, Advocate
For the State
: Mr. Naveen Kr. Gaunjhu, Addl.P.P
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Order No.02 Dated-19-06-2026
Heard the parties.
The petitioners have been made accused in connection with Bishunpur P.S. Case No.06 of 2026 registered for the offences punishable under Section 103 (2) and 3 (5) of the B.N.S., 2023.
Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the allegation against the petitioners is that the petitioners have committed the murder of a mentally unstable woman under the mistaken identity that she is a member of the team involved in child lifting. It is submitted that the allegation against the petitioners is false. Drawing attention of this Court towards para- 13 of the instant bail application, learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have no criminal antecedent. It is next submitted that though the petitioners are not named in the F.I.R. yet they have been implicated in this case only on the basis of the confessional statement of the co-accused persons. It is also submitted that the petitioners had no intention to kill anybody. It is then submitted that the petitioners undertakes that they will co-operate with the trial of the case and that they will not annoy or
disturb the witnesses of the case in any manner during the trial of the case. It is lastly submitted that the petitioners have been in custody since 11.03.2026 as has been mentioned in para-01 of the instant bail application. Hence it is submitted that the petitioners be released on bail.
Learned Addl. P.P. opposes the prayer for bail.
Considering the facts of this case, the above-named petitioners are
directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Gumla in connection with Bishunpur P.S. Case No.06 of 2026 with the condition that they will co-operate with the trial of the case, furnish their mobile number and photocopy of the Aadhar Card in the court below with an undertaking that they will not change their mobile number during the trial of the case and will not annoy or disturb the witnesses of the case in any manner during the trial of the case.
(Anil Kumar Choudhary, J.) Dated-19.06.2026-Animesh/