RISHAV KUMAR ALIAS LOKESH v. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND
B.A./11513/2025 · 2026-04-01
Deepak Roshan
body2026
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2026:JHHC:9062 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
B.A. No. 11513 of 2025
--------- Rishav Kumar @ Lokesh, aged about 36 years, son of Rupesh Kumar, resident of New Staff Quarter Block-C, Room No. 29, PMCH, Bankepur, P.O. Bankepur, P.S. Pirbahor, Dist. Patna (Bihar). ....Petitioner
Versus The State of Jharkhand
....Opp. Party
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CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK ROSHAN
--------- For the Petitioner : Mr. Suraj Singh, Advocate For the Opp. Party : Mr. Pankaj Kumar, P.P.
--------- 09/ 01.04.2026 Heard learned counsel for the parties.
2. The instant bail application has been preferred by the petitioner for grant of regular bail for the offences registered under Sections 111(2)(b), 111(3), 310(4), 310(5), 312, 317(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Sections 25(1-B)(a), 26, 35 of the Arms Act, 1959 and Section 25(6) of the Arms (Amendment) Act, 2019.
3.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that no incriminating article has been recovered from the possession of this petitioner.
Learned counsel further submits that petitioner has never come to Dhanbad, hence, he has nothing to do with the alleged accident. He further submits that the co-accused namely, Prakash Kumar and Arman Ansari @ Md. Arman having same and similar allegation have been granted bail by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 08.10.2025 in B.A. No. 9190 of 2025 and order dated 17.11.2025 in B.A. No. 9892 of 2025 respectively. He further submits that petitioner is languishing in custody since 04.06.2025; as such, the petitioner may be enlarged on bail. Learned counsel further submits that the petitioner is ready to abide by every condition imposed by this court.
4. Learned P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner.
5. Having regard to the above, coupled with the fact that co- accused, having same and similar allegations, have been granted bail by this Court and looking to the period of custody of the petitioner; I
2026:JHHC:9062 2 am inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. Accordingly, the petitioner is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dhanbad, in connection with Bankmore P.S. Case No. 126 of 2025.
6. It is made clear that the petitioner shall appear on each and every date before the learned trial court and if any adverse report will come against the petitioner, learned trial court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail of the petitioner.
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