2026:JHHC:5869 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 626 of 2026 ----- Asrat Ansari @ Asarat Ansari, s/o Samaul Mian, R/o village-Birengariya, P.O. + P.S. Karon, District-Deoghar. .......... Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand .......... Opp. Party ----- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH SHANKAR ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Rahul Ranjan, Advocate For the State : Mr. Sunil Kumar Dubey, A.P.P. ----- Order No.02 Date: 27.02.2026 1. The petitioner is an accused in the case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 111(2)(b), 111(3), 111(4), 319(2), 318(4), 336(3), 338, 340(2) and 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023 and Sections 66B, 66C, 66D and 84C of the Information Technology Act. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case and has not committed any offence as alleged in the F.I.R. As per allegation, the petitioner and eleven other co- accused persons were involved in committing cyber-crime. There is alleged recovery of two mobile phones with SIM cards from the possession of the petitioner, however, it has not been explained in the F.I.R. as to why he was involved in cyber-crime. It is further submitted that except said recovery, there is no evidence to connect the petitioner with the alleged offence. Co-accused persons, namely, Sokat Ansari, Gaffar Ansari and Mahesh Das @ 2026:JHHC:5869 2 Mahesh Kumar Das have already been granted regular bail by different Benches of this Court vide orders dated 25th and 26th February, 2026 passed in B.A. Nos.606 of 2026, 696 of 2026 and 816 of 2026 respectively. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent as stated in paragraph no.22 of present bail application. The petitioner is in judicial custody since 17th December, 2025. Hence, he may be given the privilege of regular bail. 3. Learned A.P.P. opposes the petitioner’s prayer for regular bail. 4. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the materials available on record, the petitioner is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Sessions Judge-II-cum-Cyber Crime Special Court, Deoghar in connection with Deoghar Cyber Crime P.S. Case No.169 of 2025. (Rajesh Shankar, J.) 27.02.2026 Rohit/ Uploaded on 27.02.2026