Neutral Citation No. ( 2026:JHHC:19674-DB ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Criminal Appeal (D.B.) No. 729 of 2026 Ravi Ganjhu @ Ravi Ganjhu @ Ravi, S/o Nakul Ganjhu, R/o Village- Humbi, P.O. & P.S.- Tandwa, District- Chatra ... … 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. A.K. Chaturvedy, Advocate For the Respondent : Mr. Rajneesh Vardhan, A.P.P. --------- 02/06.07.2026 Heard Mr. A.K. Chaturvedy, learned counsel for the appellant and learned A.P.P. for the State. This appeal is directed against the order dated 17.04.2026 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-III, Latehar in B.P. No. 136/2026, arising out of Chhipadohar P.S. Case No. 17/2021, whereby and whereunder, the prayer for bail of the appellant has been rejected. It has been alleged that there was an exchange of firing between the Police personnel and the extremists and on being outmaneuvered the extremists had fled away. On search of the place of occurrence several incriminating articles were recovered. Submission has been advanced by the learned counsel for the appellant that the appellant has been implicated on account of the fact that the extremists were taking the name of each other while fleeing away. Learned counsel submits that the appellant is in custody since 18.09.2025 and one of the similarly situated co-accused Tepa Singh @ Sanjay Kumar Singh Kherwar @ Sanjay Kumar Kherwar @ Tepa Kr. Singh has been granted bail by a coordinate Bench of this Court in Cr. Appeal (DB) No. 1833 of 2023. Learned A.P.P. has opposed the prayer for bail of the appellant. Regard being had to the manner of implication of the appellant and the fact that one of the similarly situated co-accused has been granted bail as noted above, we while setting aside the order dated 17.04.2026 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-III, Latehar in B.P. No. 136/2026, arising out of Chhipadohar P.S. Case No. 17/2021, direct that the appellant be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Latehar in connection with Chhipadohar P.S. Case No. 17/2021. This appeal stands allowed. (Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J.) (Arun Kumar Rai, J.) Dated, the 6th July, 2026 A. Sanga/- Uploaded on 08 /07/2026 -2-