( 2026:JHHC:24264-DB ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Cr. Appeal (DB) No. 902 of 2026 --- Sunil Oran @ Birbal Jee @ Vidhayak Jee @ Birbal Oraon @ Birbal Ji @ Sushil Oraon @ Sushil Ji --- Appellant Versus The State of Jharkhand. --- --- Respondent --- CORAM: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay Hon’ble Mr. Justice Arun Kumar Rai --- For the Appellant : Mr. Nilesh Kumar, Advocate For the State : P.P. 02/13.08.2026 I.A. No.9905 of 2026 Heard Mr. Nilesh Kumar, learned counsel for the appellant and learned P.P. This application has been preferred by the appellant for condoning a delay of 58 days in filing the appeal. Having been satisfied with the reasons assigned in the instant application, the same is allowed and the delay of 58 days in filing the appeal is hereby condoned. I.A. No.9905 of 2026 stands disposed of. Cr. Appeal (DB) No. 902 of 2026 This appeal is directed against the order dated 20.02.2026 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-III, Garhwa in M.C.A. No.209 of 2026 arising out of Bhandaria P.S. Case No.86 of 2019 whereby and whereunder the prayer for bail of the appellant has been rejected. It has been alleged that some extremists had burnt some trucks loaded with Kendu leaves and had also raised the slogan of JJMP. Submission has been advanced by the learned counsel for the appellant that it has come in course of investigation that it was Mahesh Bhuiyan who was primarily responsible for the incident. So far as the appellant is concerned, his name has transpired on the basis of an information received from a spy. Learned counsel submits that the appellant is in custody since 21.06.2025. 2 Learned P.P. has opposed the prayer for bail of the appellant and has submitted that the appellant has got criminal antecedents. Regard being had to the period of custody undergone by the appellant and the manner of his implication, we while setting aside the order dated 20.02.2026 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge- III, Garhwa in M.C.A. No.209 of 2026 arising out of Bhandaria P.S. Case No.86 of 2019 direct that the appellant to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Additional Sessions Judge-III, Garhwa in connection with M.C.A. No.209 of 2026, subject to the condition that the appellant shall remain physically present before the learned trial court on each and every date till the conclusion of the trial unless prevented by sufficient cause. This appeal stands allowed. (Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J.) (Arun Kumar Rai, J.) Shamim/ Uploaded on: 14 /08/2026