(2026:JHHC:19769) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B. A. No. 6228 of 2026 Rana Paswan, aged about 38 years, son of Kail Paswan, resident of village and PO – Belchampa, PS – Garhwa, District – Garhwa. … … …Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand. … … …Opp. Party ------ HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Ramesh Kumar, Advocate : Ms. Tanu Kumari, Advocate For the State : Mr. Sudhir Kumar Mahto, Addl. P.P. ------ Order No:- 02, Dated:- 06th July, 2026 Heard the parties. The petitioner has moved before this Court for grant of bail in connection with Rehla P.S. Case No. 99 of 2024, registered for the offences punishable under sections 191(2), 191(3), 190, 126(2), 115(2), 117(2), 103(1), 352, 351(2) of the B.N.S., 2023. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the allegation against the petitioner is that the petitioner was a member of an unlawful assembly and in prosecution of common object of the unlawful assembly committed murder of Yogendra Paswan. It is next submitted that the informant has not come to the Court with clean hands. By drawing attention of this Court towards Annexure – 2, which is the F.I.R. lodged by the daughter of the main assailant, namely, Radheshyam Paswan, it is submitted that in fact father of the deceased came to the house of the petitioner demanding Rs. 60,000/- for the death of the bullock allegedly because of the black magic done by Babita Devi. It is further submitted that even going through the F.I.R. of this case, there is specific allegation against Radheshyam Paswan of committing murder of Yogendra Mahto and the allegations against the petitioner, are general and omnibus in nature. It is next submitted that according to the postmortem report, it is evident that head injury was the only external injury found on the body of the deceased and the cause of death of the deceased, is due to head injury. It is next submitted that grandmother of the deceased, who is also mother of the informant and whose statement has been recorded under Section 180 of the B.N.S.S., has falsified the claim of the informant made in the F.I.R.. The independent witness namely, Dashrath Paswan has also falsified the statement of the informant recorded in para no. 22 of the Case Diary. It is further submitted that the allegations against the petitioner are all false and the petitioner has no criminal antecedent as has been mentioned in paragraph no. 13 of the bail application. It is then submitted that the petitioner has been in custody since 19.05.2026, as has been mentioned in paragraph no. 12 of the bail application. It is next submitted that the petitioner undertakes to cooperate with the trial of the case and further undertakes that he will not annoy or disturb the informant or the witnesses of the case in any manner during the trial of the case. It is lastly submitted that the co-accused persons with similar allegation have already been admitted to bail by this Court vide orders dated 16.06.2025 and 13.05.2026 in B.A. No. 4189 of 2025 and A.B.A. No. 1270 of 2026 respectively. Hence, it is submitted that the petitioner be admitted to bail. The learned Addl. P.P. opposes the prayer for bail. Considering the submissions of the counsels and the fact as discussed above, I am inclined to enlarge the abovenamed petitioner on bail. Accordingly, the petitioner is directed to be released 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Palamau at Daltonganj, in connection with Rehla P.S. Case No. 99 of 2024, with the condition that the petitioner will cooperate with the trial of the case and will furnish his mobile number and a copy of his Aadhar Card in the court below with the undertaking that he will not change his mobile number during the trial of the case, with further condition that he will not annoy or disturb the informant or the witnesses of the case in any manner during the trial of the case. (Anil Kumar Choudhary, J.) Dated – 06.07.2026 Aditi