2026:JHHC:8267 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 11839 of 2025 ----- Darshan Kumar Mandal, S/o Akal Mandal, R/o Village Bagshisha, P.O. Hiranpur, P.S. Hiranpur, District Pakur, Jharkhand .... Petitioner(s). Versus The State of Jharkhand … Opp. Party(s). ------ CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J. ------ For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Sumit Gautam, Advocate For the State : Mr. Shashi Kr. Verma, AddI. P.P. …...... 02/ 24.03.2026: This bail application has been filed by the petitioner under Sections 483 & 484 of BNSS, 2023 wherein, prayer has been made for grant of bail as he is in custody for allegedly committing offence punishable under Sections 310(2) of BNS and under Section 27 of Arms Act. 2. Heard, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the State and have also gone through the impugned order. 3. Learned AddI. P.P. opposes the prayer for bail. 4. It is alleged that the informant was sitting in his hotel cum grocery shop, where some unknown person came from behind and caught his hand and while firing a gun, pulled him out of his shop and after beating him with slaps locked him, his wife and son in another room. It is further alleged that accused persons looted mobile, cash of Rs.1,50,000/-, 60 bhar silver, gold Jewellery and other articles. 5. Petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. and his name transpired from the confessional statement of the co-accused. 6. Learned counsel for the State admits that looted articles were not recovered from the possession of the petitioner. He further admits that though the chargesheet has been submitted but the petitioner was not put on T.I.P. 7. Considering the fact that nothing has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner, I am inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, 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 Judicial Magistrate 1st Class at Dumka, in connection with Gopikandar P.S. Case No.23 of 2025, subject to the condition that one of the bailors should be a close relative of the petitioner, having sufficient landed property in his/her own name within the State of Jharkhand with a further condition that the petitioner shall appear and mark his attendance before the Registrar, Civil Court, Dumka once in a month till the disposal of the trial. (ANANDA SEN, J.) 24th March, 2026 R.S./ Uploaded on 25/03/2026