2026:JHHC:3628-DB 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Criminal Appeal (D.B.) No. 111 of 2026 --------- Sunita Devi @ Sunita Oraon @ Savita Devi @ Savita Oraon, aged about 38 years, W/o. Gulab Oraon, R/o. Village Porha, P.O. & P.S. Ghaghra, District Gumla (Jharkhand). .......Appellant Versus The State of Jharkhand .......Respondent --------- CORAM: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay Hon’ble Mr. Justice Deepak Roshan --------- For the Appellant : Mr. Kripa Shankar Nanda, Advocate For the Respondent : Mr. Pankaj Kumar Mishra, A.P.P. --------- 03/11.02.2026 Heard Mr. Kripa Shankar Nanda, learned counsel for the appellant and Mr. Pankaj Kumar Mishra, learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. This appeal is directed against the order dated 20.12.2025, passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge-I-cum-Special Judge, Gumla in B.P. No. 749 of 2025, arising out of Gumla (AHTU) P.S. Case No. 8 of 2023, whereby and whereunder the prayer for bail of the appellant has been rejected. 3. It has been alleged that the appellant and another accused had taken away the daughter of the informant but despite search she could not be found. 4. Submission has been advanced by learned counsel for the appellant that the daughter of the informant was recovered after two months of lodging the First Information Report. It has been submitted that her statement under Section 161 of Cr.P.C. was recorded in which she has not alleged any sexual violence against the appellant, rather, she has stated that the appellant had placed her as a domestic help in a house, had snatched her mobile and taken some money from the house owner. Learned counsel submits that the appellant is in custody since 24.11.2025. 5. Learned A.P.P. though has opposed the prayer for bail of the appellant but has accepted the fact that in 161 Cr.P.C. statement no allegation of any sexual assault has been alleged against the appellant. 2026:JHHC:3628-DB 2 6. On consideration of the fact that the victim has been recovered and it seems that the appellant had taken her away only to place her as a domestic help in a house in lieu of money and the period of custody undergone by the appellant, we while setting aside the order dated 20.12.2025, passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge-I-cum- Special Judge, Gumla in B.P. No. 749 of 2025, arising out of Gumla (AHTU) P.S. Case No. 8 of 2023, direct that the appellant be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gumla, in connection with Gumla (AHTU) P.S. Case No. 8 of 2023. 7. This appeal is allowed. (Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J.) (Deepak Roshan, J.) February 11, 2026 Kunal/vikas/ Uploaded-13.02.2026