2026:JHHC:5266 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 253 of 2026 Noushad Alam @ Noushad Ansari @ Noshad Alam, aged about 19 yrs. S/o Nisar Ansari, R/o Tiyadaha, P.O. & P.S. Govindpur, Dist. Dhanbad. … … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … … Opposite Party --- CORAM :HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANUBHA RAWAT CHOUDHARY --- For the Petitioner : Mr. Shailesh Kr. Singh, Advocate For the Opp. Party : Mr. Rakesh Ranjan, APP --- 02/20.02.2026 Heard Mr. Shailesh Kr. Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner. 2. Heard Mr. Rakesh Ranjan, learned APP appearing on behalf of the opposite party- State of Jharkhand. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody since 25.11.2025 in connection with Govindpur P.S. Case No. 511 of 2025, registered under Sections 334(1) and 303(2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, pending in the court of learned J.M.F.C. Dhanbad. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that the allegation in the First Information Report is that the lock of Anganbadi centre was broken and there has been theft of house hold articles from Anganbadi Centre. He has submitted that although there is allegation that the incriminating articles have been recovered from the possession of the petitioner, at the same time, he submits that the articles are of general in nature. He has submitted that charge-sheet has been submitted on 10.12.2025 and the petitioner is in custody since 25.11.2025. 5. Learned counsel for the State has opposed the prayer and has submitted that the petitioner has one criminal antecedent. 6. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and considering the fact that primarily the articles are household articles and are of general nature and the fact that the charge-sheet has already 2026:JHHC:5266 2 been submitted coupled with the fact that the petitioner is in custody since 25.11.2025, the petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/-(Rupees twenty-five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned J.M.F.C. Dhanbad in connection with Govindpur P.S. Case No. 511 of 2025, 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 even 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 trial court. 7. The instant application is allowed with the aforesaid conditions. 8. Let a copy of this order be communicated to the learned court concerned through “FAX/email”. (Anubha Rawat Choudhary, J.) Date of Order:20.02.2026 Pankaj Date of Uploading:21.02.2026