( 2026:JHHC:18502 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 5686 of 2026 1. Balmukhi Rout son of Kedar Rout 2. Punam Devi D/o Sugdeo Rout 3. Sugdeo Rout son of late Gulabi Rout … … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand … … Opp. Party --- CORAM :HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANUBHA RAWAT CHOUDHARY --- For the Petitioners : Mr. S.P. Roy, Advocate For the Opp. Party : Mr. Abhay Kumar Tiwari, APP --- 04/24.06.2026 Heard the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the parties. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioners are in custody in connection with Godda (M) P.S. Case No. 35 of 2026 (S.T. No. 170 of 2026) for the offences registered under Sections 126(2)/115(2)/117(2)/109/74/303(2)/351(2)/352/3(5) of the B.N.S. 2023, pending in the court of learned Additional Sessions Judge-II, Godda. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner no. 1 and 2 are in custody since 16.03.2026 and petitioner no. 3 is in custody since 12.04.2026. Charge sheet has already been submitted. The learned counsel submits that there is case and counter case between the parties and they are next door neighbors. 4. The learned counsel for the State has opposed the prayer and has submitted that there is specific allegation made in the FIR and the victim suffered grievous injuries. 5. During the course of argument, it transpired that so far as petitioner no. 3 is concerned, he is aged 65 years as per the bail application and 60 years as per the FIR, but no specific allegation has been made. 6. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties, this court finds that there are specific allegations against petitioner nos. 1 and 2 which are serious in nature and it is not in dispute that the victim sustained grievous injuries, this court is not inclined to enlarge the petitioner ( 2026:JHHC:18502 ) 2 nos. 1 and 2 on bail at this stage. Accordingly, prayer for bail of the petitioner nos. 1 and 2 is rejected at this stage. 7. So far as petitioner no. 3 is concerned, there appears to be no specific allegation by way of any overt act has been made against him and considering his age , the petitioner no. 3 namely Sugdeo Rout is directed to be enlarged on bail on his furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rs. Twenty-five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Sessions Judge- II, Godda, in connection with Godda (M) P.S. Case No. 35 of 2026 (S.T. No. 170 of 2026) on the following conditions: (i) One of the bailors would be the present pairvikar of the petitioner. (ii) The other bailor should be his close relative. (iii) The petitioner will attend the court on each and every date and on account of his single default, the learned court shall cancel the bail bond furnished by the petitioner. (iv) The petitioner will deposit a self-attested copy of his Aadhar Card along with his mobile number before the learned court which he will not change during the pendency of the case without prior permission of the court. (v) The petitioner shall fully co-operate with the proceedings before the learned court below. 8. Let this order along with a copy of the affidavit filed with the bail petition be communicated to the court concerned through FAX/e- mail. 9. The instant bail application is partly allowed with the aforesaid conditions. (Anubha Rawat Choudhary, J.) Dated: 24.06.2026 Uploaded on 25.06.2026 Binit/