Neutral Citation No. ( 2026:JHHC:88-DB ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Criminal Appeal (D.B.) No. 03 of 2026 Nastarul Shaikh, S/o Sinarul Sk., R/o Village Jankinagar, P.O.- Pakur, P.S.- Pakur (Muffasil), District- Pakur (Jharkhand) ... … Appellant Versus The State of Jharkhand ... … Respondent --------- CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RONGON MUKHOPADHYAY HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PRADEEP KUMAR SRIVASTAVA --------- For the Appellant : Mr. Rajeeva Sharma, Sr. Adv. Mr. Om Prakash, Adv. For the State : Spl. P.P. --------- 02/06.01.2026 Heard Mr. Rajeeva Sharma, learned Senior Counsel for the appellant and learned Spl. P.P. for the State. This appeal is directed against the order dated 17.12.2025 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-I, Pakur in connection with B.P. No. 378 of 2025, arising out of Hiranpur P.S. Case No. 105/2025, whereby and whereunder, the prayer for bail of the appellant has been rejected. It has been alleged that on account of blasting in mines, stones had fallen in the courtyard of the house of the villagers and cracks had also appeared in several houses and roads. When the said incident was protested by the villagers, the mines owner along with his associates variously armed had abused and assaulted the villagers as a result of which one of the villagers had sustained a simple injury. Submission has been advanced by the learned Senior Counsel for the appellant that the appellant was merely a worker in the mines which was being run by Azhar Islam. Learned Senior Counsel submits that, Azhar Islam has been granted anticipatory bail by this Court in Cr. Appeal (DB) No. 1503 of 2025 and several of the staffs Neutral Citation No. ( 2026:JHHC:88-DB ) of Azhar Islam have also been granted anticipatory bail by this Court in Cr. Appeal (DB) No. 1477 of 2025. It has been submitted that the appellant is in custody since 28.11.2025. Learned Senior Counsel adds that the appellant is not named in the First Information Report. Learned Spl. P.P. for the State has opposed the prayer for bail of the appellant. In view of the fact that several of the co-accused persons including the main accused have been granted anticipatory bail by us as noted above, we while setting aside the order dated 17.12.2025 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-I, Pakur in connection with B.P. No. 378 of 2025, arising out of Hiranpur P.S. Case No. 105/2025, 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 A.C.J.M., Pakur in connection with Hiranpur P.S. Case No. 105/2025. This appeal stands allowed. (Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J.) (Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, J.) Dated, the 6th January, 2026 A. Sanga/- Uploaded on 07.01.2026 -2-