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2026 DAILYLAW 20272 (JHR)

KAILASH KUMAR DAS v. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND

B.A./4990/2026 · 2026-07-14

Anubha Rawat Choudhary

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2026:JHHC:20873 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 4990 of 2026 Kailash Kumar Das, aged about 19 years, Son of Ajit Das … … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … … Opp. Party --- CORAM :HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANUBHA RAWAT CHOUDHARY --- For the Petitioner : Mrs. Jasvindar Majumdar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Shailesh Kr. Sinha, APP --- 04/14.07.2026 Heard the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the parties. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody since 31.10.2025 in connection with ChandankiyariP.S. Case No. 83 of 2025 (S.T. No. 127 of 2026)for the offences registered under Sections 77 and 79 of the B.N.S., 2023 and Section 67 of Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2000, pending in the court of learned Additional Sessions Judge-IV, Bokaro. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that petitioner is in custody since 31.10.2025 and the charge has been framed on 08.04.2026 and only one witness has been examined so far. Learned counsel further submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case. She has further stated that actually the networkwhich was utilizedwas in the name of Somnath Das who was the landlord and the password of the LAN was given to the petitioner for the purpose of studies. 4. The learned counsel for the State has opposed the prayer for bail and has submitted that numerous vulgar videos have been recovered and the mobile was used and instagram account was also used to make the videos viral. It has been alleged that different instagram accounts were used to make the video viral. 5. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and considering the seriousness of allegation made against the petitioner in connection with the victim aged 14 years and the trial is already in progress, this Court is not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. Accordingly, his prayer for bail stands rejected. 2026:JHHC:20873 2 6. However, the learned counsel for the State is directed to ensure that the remaining witnesses and FSL Report, if any, are promptly produced before the court concerned. 7. Learned counsel for the State is also directed to communicate this order to the Superintendent of Police of the concerned district and the Director, Prosecution for compliance. 8. Let this order be communicated to the concerned court through FAX/e-mail. (Anubha Rawat Choudhary, J.) Dated: 14.07.2026 Uploaded on 15.07.2026 Pramanik/