2026:JHHC:8676 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 2430 of 2026 ----- Prince Paswan @ Prince Kumar, aged about 23 years, son of late Yogendra Paswan, resident of Srimohan Dhowra, Jamadoba, PO: Jorapokhar, PS: Jorapokhar, District Dhanbad (Jharkhand) .. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … … O.P(s). ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUJIT NARAYAN PRASAD ----- For the Petitioner(s) : Ms. Savita Kumari, Advocate For the O.P(s) : Ms. Bandana Sinha, APP ----- Order No.02/Dated: 25th March, 2026 1. The instant bail application has been filed under sections 483 and 484 of the BNSS, 2023, for grant of regular bail, in connection with Jharia P.S. Case No. 264 of 2025, for the offence punishable under sections 126(2), 118(1), 118(2), 109(1), 103(1)/3(5) of BNS,2023, pending in the court of learned A.C.J.M., Dhanbad. 2. Earlier BA No. 290 of 2026 filed on behalf of the petitioner for grant of regular bail has been withdrawn by the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner on 20.2.2026. 3. This is a case where the petitioner has assaulted the husband of the informant with knife causing grievous injury to him due to which he succumbed to death. 4. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner has submitted that neither any incriminating article nor the weapon used in commission of crime has been recovered from the physical or conscious possession of the petitioner. He has further submitted that the occurrence is said to have taken place on 28.9.2025 at about 10:00 p.m., but the written report was submitted on 29.9.2025 at 12:05 p.m. i.e. after delay of more than 14 hours which has also not been satisfactorily explained by the informant. There are missing links in the chain of circumstances to connect the petitioner with death of the deceased. The petitioner is in custody since 30.09.2025.Therefore, he 2026:JHHC:8676 2 may be released on bail. 5. The learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail and submitted that due to injury inflicted upon the deceased by the petitioner the deceased died. 6. Heard the learned counsel for the parties, gone through the impugned order, the affidavits and the first information report. 7. Considering the facts that there is specific allegation the petitioner for assaulting the deceased with knife due to which he sustained grievous injury and ultimately died and as per the impugned order the petitioner has got four criminal antecedents, this Court is of the view that the present application is fit to be dismissed. 8. Accordingly, the instant bail application stands dismissed. (Sujit Narayan Prasad, J.) Date: 25th March, 2026 KNR/ Uploaded on:30.3.2026