[2026:JHHC:21415] IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No.6732 of 2026 ------ Kallu Paswan @ Raju Kumar, aged about 28 years, son of Late Dileshwar Paswan @ Bachchu Paswan, resident of Village Laxmi Colliery, Near Shiv Mandir, P.O. and P.S. Jorapokhar, District Dhanbad (Jharkhand) .... .... …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party ------ CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Shekhar Pd. Sinha, Advocate For the State : Mr. Saket Kumar, Addl.P.P. ------ Order No:-02 Dated:-20-07-2026 Heard the parties. The petitioner has been made accused in connection with Jorapokhar P.S. Case No. 175 of 2023 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 302, 34 of the Indian Penal Code. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the allegation against the petitioner is that the petitioner, in furtherance of common intention with the co-accused persons, has committed murder of Amit Kumar Singh. It is next submitted that the allegation against the petitioner is false. It is then submitted that the petitioner is not named in the FIR and he has been implicated in this case only on the basis of the confessional statement of the co-accused namely Rahul Kumar Paswan and Gautam Kumar Paswan. It is also submitted that the co- accused faced the trial vide S.T. Case No. 09 of 2024 and in that trial the informant has been examined as PW-7 and he has categorically stated that he does not know who fired upon his son – deceased Amit Kumar Singh. It is further submitted that the petitioner has been in custody since 20.05.2026 as mentioned in para-13 of the instant bail application. It is next submitted that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent as mentioned in para-06 of the instant bail application. It is also submitted that one of the co-accused, with similar allegations, has already been given the privileges of anticipatory bail by a Co- ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 03.06.2025 passed in A.B.A. No. 2928 of 2025 and one of the co-accused, with similar allegations, has been admitted to bail by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 26.06.2024 passed in B.A. No.4101 of 2024. It is lastly submitted that the petitioner undertakes to co-operate with the trial of the case and also undertakes not to annoy or disturb the witnesses of the case in any manner during the trial of the case. Hence, it is submitted that the petitioner be released on bail. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner. Considering the facts of this case, the above-named 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 Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Dhanbad in connection with Jorapokhar P.S. Case No. 175 of 2023 with the condition that he will co-operate with the trial of the case and furnish his mobile number and photocopy of the Aadhar Card in the court below with an undertaking that he will not change his mobile number during the trial of the case and he will not annoy or disturb the witnesses of the case in any manner during the trial of the case. (Anil Kumar Choudhary, J.) Dated:- 20.07.2026 Saroj/