2026:JHHC:5992 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A No. 402 of 2026 Ruplal Ganjhu, aged about 21 years, S/o-Kisun Ganjhu, resident of Village-Masuriya, Lajidag, PO-Manatu, PS-Keredari, Disrict-Hazaribagh (Jharkhand) ... … Petitioner(s) Versus The State of Jharkhand ... … Opposite Party(s) CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK ROSHAN For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Dhirendra Kr Deo, Advocate Mr. Naresh Pd. Thakur, Advocate Mr. Sumit Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Ajay Kumar Pathak, APP -------- Order No. 03/Dated: 27th February 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 113(1), 113(4), 115, 126, 308, 324, 326, 327, 351, 352 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and under Section 27 of the Arms Act in connection with Keredari PS Case No. 110 of 2025. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has not committed any offence. He submits that the petitioner is not named in the FIR and no incriminating article or weapon connected to the present occurrence has been seized from the conscious possession of the petitioner. Learned counsel further submits that co-accused, namely, Dharam Ganjhu @ Dharm Ganjhu in B.A No. 11345 of 2025 has been granted bail by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 15.01.2026 and the petitioner is in judicial custody since 27.08.2025 as such he may be enlarged on bail. 4. Learned APP opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner. 5. Having regard to the allegation made against the petitioner coupled with the fact that co-accused in B.A No. 11345 of 2025 has been granted bail by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court and the petitioner is in 2026:JHHC:5992 2 custody since 27.08.2025, I am inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. Accordingly, the petitioner, above-named, 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 Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Hazaribagh in connection with Keredari PS Case No. 110 of 2025. 6. It is made clear that the petitioner shall appear on each and every date before the learned trial Court and he shall not threaten any witness and shall co-operate in trial and if any adverse report will come against the above-named petitioner, learned trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail of the above-named petitioner. 7. Accordingly, the instant bail application stands allowed. (Deepak Roshan, J.) 27th February 2026 Amit Uploaded on 28/02/2026