2026:JHHC:6368 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 1461 of 2026 ----- Umesh Mahto @ Umesh Mahato, S/o Late Narayan Mahto, R/o Orbitha Basti (Paresbania), P.O. & P.S. Baliapur, District- Dhanbad, Jharkhand .... Petitioner(s). Versus The State of Jharkhand … Opp. Party(s). ------ CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J. ------ For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Raj Nandan Chatterjee, Advocate For the State : Mr. Jitendra Pandey, AddI. P.P. …...... 02/ 11.03.2026: This bail application has been filed under Sections 483 & 484 of BNSS, 2023 wherein, prayer has been made for grant of bail as he is in custody for allegedly committing offence punishable under Sections 303(2)/317(4)/111(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. 2. Heard, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the State and have also gone through the impugned order. 3. Learned A.P.P. opposes the prayer for bail. 4. This is a case of theft of motorcycle. The name of the petitioner transpired from the confessional statement of the co-accused and the F.I.R. is against unknown. Chargesheet has already been submitted in this case. Petitioner is in custody since 10.10.2025. 5. Considering the aforesaid fact, I am inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the petitioner, named above, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned District & Additional Sessions Judge-XI, Dhanbad in connection with Nirsa (Kalubathan) Police Station Case No.375 of 2025 (S.T. No.705 of 2025) subject to the condition that one of the bailors should be a close relative of the petitioner, having sufficient landed property in his own name within the State of Jharkhand with a further condition that the petitioner shall appear and mark his attendance before the Registrar, Civil Court, Dhanbad once in a month till the disposal of the trial. (ANANDA SEN, J.) 11th March, 2026 R.S./ Uploaded on 12 /03/2026