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2026 DAILYLAW 2700 (JHR)

AGAM KUMAR @ PAMMI v. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND

B.A./2458/2026 · 2026-04-01

Sujit Narayan Prasad

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2026:JHHC:9185 Page | 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 2458 of 2026 --------- Agam Kumar @ Pammi, aged about 31 years, Son of Siwadhar Choudhary, Resident of Village-Baba Nagar, Chas, P.O. & P.S.- Chas, District-Bokaro … … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand. … … Opp. Party --------- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUJIT NARAYAN PRASAD ---------- For the Petitioner : Mr. Rakesh Kumar, Advocate For the Opp. Party : Mr. Tarun Kumar, APP ---------- 02/Dated: 1st April, 2026 1. The instant application has been filed under Sections 483 and 484 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of bail in connection with Pindajora P.S. Case No.103 of 2025 (S) registered under Section 103 (1), 3(5) of BNS, 2023, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Bokaro. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that he has been implicated in this case on the basis of confessional statement of co-accused namely Vishwajeet Rai. The petitioner is not named in the FIR. 3. It has been submitted that the other co-accused person, namely, Vishwajeet Rai @ Sachin Rai has been granted bail by the co-ordinate Bench of this Court in B.A. No.9093 of 2025 vide order dated 07.10.2025; further co- accused, namely, Kumar Sourav has also been granted 2026:JHHC:9185 Page | 2 bail by the Co-ordinate Bench in B.A. No. 7789 of 2025 vide order dated 25.09.2025 and the case of the present petitioner falls on the same footing. The petitioner is in custody since 27.11.2025. 4. Therefore, claiming the ground of parity, submission has been made that the present petitioner may be enlarged on bail. 5. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the opposite party-State although has seriously opposed the prayer for grant of bail but he has not disputed the fact of grant of bail in favour of the co-accused persons. 6. This Court has heard the learned counsel for the parties. 7. This Court has taken into consideration the fact that the other co-accused person, namely, Vishwajeet Rai @ Sachin Rai has been granted bail by the co-ordinate Bench of this Court in B.A. No.9093 of 2025 vide order dated 07.10.2025; further co-accused, namely, Kumar Sourav has also been granted bail by the Co-ordinate Bench in B.A. No. 7789 of 2025 vide order dated 25.09.2025, which has not been disputed by learned APP appearing for the State and the petitioner is in jail custody for about four months, as such, considering the issue of parity, this Court is of the view that the present application deserves to be allowed. 8. Accordingly, the instant bail application stands allowed. 2026:JHHC:9185 Page | 3 9. In consequence thereof, 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 J.M. 1st Class, Bokaro in connection with Pindajora P.S. Case No.103 of 2025 (S)with the condition that the petitioner shall co-operate in the trial and shall not absent himself on the date fixed without any cogent cause. In failure, the learned trial court shall have liberty to pass appropriate order in accordance with law so that the trial be not hindered. (Sujit Narayan Prasad, J.) 1st April, 2026 Alankar/-