2026:JHHC:8011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 2278 of 2026 Sunil Kumar Mahto, aged about 32 years, son of Haren Mahto @ Harendra Mahto, resident of Village-Modhidih, P.O. & P.S. Silli, District Ranchi, Jharkhand … … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … … Opp. Party --- CORAM: HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANUBHA RAWAT CHOUDHARY --- For the Petitioner : Mr. Rahul Kumar, Advocate For the Opp. Party : None --- 04/23rd March 2026 1. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody in connection with Namkum P.S. Case No. 276/2025 for the offence registered under Sections 111/ 317(4)/ 317(5)/ 338/ 336(3)/ 318(4)/ 340(2)/ 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, now said to have been pending in the court of learned JMFC, Ranchi. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody since 14.10.2025 and has no criminal antecedent as stated in paragraph 13 of the bail application. 3. He has referred to the seizure list and has submitted that the recovery of one motorcycle is from the house of one Shailesh Mahto at his courtyard and it has been mentioned that one stolen motorcycle has been recovered on the basis of disclosure of the petitioner. The learned counsel submits that the co-accused persons, namely, Karan Goswami and Manoj Oraon have been enlarged on bail by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in B.A. No. 25/2026 vide order dated 17.02.2026 and B.A. No. 10975/2025 vide order dated 18.02.2026 respectively. He has also referred to B.A. No. 2123/2026, by which one co-accused, namely, Jaydev Kumar @ Jaydev Mahto @ Bideshi Hazam has been granted bail vide order dated 17.03.2026. He submits that charge-sheet has already been submitted. 4. After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner and considering the fact that number of co-accused persons have been enlarged on bail and 2026:JHHC:8011 2 the petitioner is in custody since 14.10.2025 having no criminal antecedent, the petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rs. Twenty-Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned JMFC, Ranchi in connection with Namkum P.S. Case No. 276/2025, subject to the following conditions: - (i) One of the bailors would be the present pairvikar of the petitioner. (ii) The other bailor should be his close relative. (iii) The petitioner will attend the court on each and every date and on account of his single default, the learned court shall cancel the bail bond furnished by the petitioner. (iv) The petitioner would deposit a self-attested copy of his Aadhar Card along with his Mobile Number before the learned court below, which he shall not change during the pendency of the case without prior permission of the court. (v) The petitioner shall fully co-operate with the proceedings before the learned court below. 5. The instant bail application is allowed with the aforesaid conditions. 6. The learned court shall call for the criminal antecedent report of the petitioner before enlarging the petitioner on bail and if any criminal antecedent is found, the learned court shall not enlarge the petitioner on bail. 7. Since nobody is appearing on behalf of the State, let a copy of this order be forwarded to the office of learned Advocate General. 8. Let a copy of this order along with a copy of the affidavit filed with the bail petition be communicated to the court concerned through ‘e- mail/FAX’. (Anubha Rawat Choudhary, J.) Dated: 23.03.2026 Uploaded On: 25.03.2026 Mukul/-