2026:JHHC:5097 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 11024 of 2025 ------ Mukesh Kumar, S/o Gulab Saw, R/o Village-Pannagarh Ara, PO & PS- Balumath, District-Latehar (Jharkhand) .... .... …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GAUTAM KUMAR CHOUDHARY For the Petitioner : Mr. Shashank Shekhar Pd., Advocate For the State : Ms. Amrita Kumari, APP ------ Order No.03 / Dated : 19.02.2026. Heard both the sides. This bail application has been filed on behalf of Mukesh Kumar who is in custody since 02.08.2025 in connection with Balumath P.S. Case No. 88 of 2025 for the offence registered under Sections 111(4) of the BNS, 2023 and Sections 25(1-B)a, 26/35 of Arms Act, pending in the Court of learned Chief sJudicial Magistrate, Latehar, is pressed into motion. It is submitted by the learned counsel on behalf of petitioner that no arms or ammunition has been seized from the conscious physical possession of the petitioner and only material against him is that one country made pistol was seized in an open place on the basis of confessional statement made by all five accused persons. It is also submitted that other co-accused persons have already been granted bail by Co-ordinate Bench of this Court. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposed the prayer for bail. Under the circumstances, the above-named petitioner is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/-(Twenty-Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Court below. (Gautam Kumar Choudhary, J.) Pawan/ Uploaded 20.02.2026