( 2026:JHHC:10413 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 2931 of 2026 ------ Afroj Ansari, age about 22 years, S/o Shamim Ansari, R/o Nalpokhar, P.O. –Pakur, P.S. Pakur (T), Dist –Pakur (Jharkhand). … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ------ CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY ------ For the Petitioner : Md. Yasir Arafat, Advocate For the State : Mr. Pankaj Kr. Mishra, Addl. P.P. ------ Order No.02 Dated- 10.04.2026 Heard the parties. The petitioner has been made accused in connection Pakur (T) P.S. Case No.330 of 2025 registered for the offences punishable under Section 303 (2) of the B.N.S., 2023. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the allegation against the petitioner is that the petitioner has committed theft of jewelry from the house of the informant after breaking open the lock of his house. It is submitted that the allegation against the petitioner is false. It is next submitted that though the petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. yet he has been implicated in this case only on the basis of suspicion. It is further submitted that the articles which are said to be have been recovered from the possession of the petitioner do not tally with the stolen articles described in the F.I.R. It is then submitted that the petitioner undertakes that he will co-operate with the trial of the case and that he will not annoy or disturb the informant or any of his family members in any manner during the trial of the case. It is then submitted that the petitioner has been in custody since 31.12.2025 as has been mentioned in para-09 of the instant bail application. It is lastly submitted that the co-accused person has already been admitted to bail by this Court vide order dated 09.03.2026 in B.A. No. 1141 of 2026. Hence it is submitted that the petitioner be released on bail. Learned Addl. P.P. opposes the prayer for bail. Considering the submissions of the counsels and the fact as discussed above, I am inclined to enlarge the above-named petitioner on bail. Accordingly, the petitioner is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pakur in connection with Pakur (T) P.S. Case No.330 of 2025 with the condition that he will co-operate with the trial of the case, furnish his mobile number and photocopy of the Aadhar Card in the court below with an undertaking that he will not change his mobile number during the trial of the case and will not annoy or disturb the informant or any of his family members in any manner during the trial of the case. (Anil Kumar Choudhary, J.) 10.04.2026 Sonu/