( 2026:JHHC:30074 ) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 8624 of 2026 Niyarjan Barla @ Niranjan Barla, aged about 19 years, son of Soma Munda @ Ajit Barla, Resident of Village: Budhni, Post Office & Police Station: Lapung, District: Ranchi, State: Jharkhand … … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … … Opposite Party --- CORAM: HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANUBHA RAWAT CHOUDHARY --- For the Petitioner : Mr. Ritesh Kumar, Advocate For the Opp. Party : Ms. Lily Sahay, A.P.P. For the O.P. No.2 : Ms. Jyotsna Mahato, Advocate --- 02/07.10.2026 Heard the learned counsels appearing on behalf of the parties. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody since 28.01.2026 in connection with S.T. Case No. 97 of 2026 arising out of Kamdara P.S. Case No. 34 of 2025, registered under Section 70(1) of B.N.S., 2023, now pending in the court of learned Additional Sessions Judge-I-cum-Special Judge, Gumla. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody since 28.01.2026 and out of 8 charge-sheet witnesses, 5 witnesses have already been examined including the victim and the I.O. of the case. Learned counsel has submitted that though the victim has not been declared hostile, but she has not fully supported the prosecution case, so far as the petitioner is concerned. 4. Learned counsel for the Opposite Party- State has opposed the prayer for bail and has submitted that it is a case of gang rape. Certain samples of the petitioner has been sent for examination by F.S.L. She submits that at this stage, the petitioner may not be enlarged on bail and some observation may be made to expedite the trial. 5. Learned counsel for the Informant has also opposed the prayer for bail by submitting in the same lines as that of the learned counsel for the State. 6. After hearing the learned counsels for the parties and considering the seriousness of the offence and the trial is going on and ( 2026:JHHC:30074 ) 2 apparently some more witnesses are yet to be examined and the F.S.L. Report is also awaited, this Court is not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail at this stage. 7. However, the State is directed to ensure that the F.S.L. Report be forwarded to the concerned Court at the earliest and the remaining witnesses are also produced on the dates fixed by the learned Court. 8. Learned counsel for the State is directed to communicated this order to F.S.L. Ranchi and also to the Superintendent of Police of the concerned district and the Director Prosecution to ensure compliance. 9. Let a copy of this order be communicated to the learned court concerned through “FAX/email”. (Anubha Rawat Choudhary, J.) Date of Order:07.10.2026 Nandini Date of Uploading: