Neutral Citation No. ( 2026:JHHC:24804 ) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 7764 of 2026 Krishna Pandit @ Krishna Kumar Pandit, aged about 18 years, son of Shankar Pandit, resident of village- Bakaspura, P.O.- Nawadih, P.S.- Markacho, District- Koderma. … … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … … Opp. Party --- CORAM :HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANUBHA RAWAT CHOUDHARY --- For the Petitioner : Mr. Randhir Kumar, Advocate For the Opp. Party : Mr. Shashi Kumar Verma, A.P.P. --- 02/18.08.2026 Heard the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the parties. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody since 15.01.2026 in connection with S.T. Case No.30 of 2026 arising out of Markacho P.S. Case No.04 of 2026, for the offences registered under Sections 76, 64(1) of the B.N.S. 2023, pending in the court of learned Additional Sessions Judge-III, Koderma. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a student studying in Class-IX and for that purpose he has referred to Annexure-2 which is the admit card issued by Jharkhand Academic Council, Ranchi. The learned counsel submits that petitioner is in custody since 15.01.2026 and the most important witness / victim has already been examined in this case, but there are contradictions in her evidence. The learned counsel has further submitted that the petitioner has to resume his studies and there is no likelihood of influencing the witnesses as the most material witnesses have already been examined. He has further submitted that the co-villagers have been declared hostile being P.W.1 and P.W.2. He has further submitted that altogether there are 8 private chargesheet witnesses and only 3 other witnesses have been examined as mentioned in the impugned order and conclusion of the trial may take some time. 4. Learned counsel for the opposite party-State has opposed the prayer. However, the aforesaid submissions made by learned counsel for the petitioner have not been disputed. 2 5. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and considering the fact that the petitioner is a student of Class-IX as per Annexture -2 and the most material witness has already been examined and conclusion of the trial may take some time, as such, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner above named is directed to be enlarged on bail on his furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rs. Twenty-five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Sessions Judge-III, Koderma, in connection with S.T. Case No.30 of 2026 arising out of Markacho P.S. Case No.04 of 2026 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 his 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 court below. 7. Let this order along with a copy of the affidavit filed with the bail petition be communicated to the court concerned through FAX/e- mail. 8. The instant bail application is allowed with the aforesaid conditions. (Anubha Rawat Choudhary, J.) Dated: 18.08.2026 Uploaded on 19.08.2026 Jay/