2026:JHHC:10775-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Criminal Appeal (D.B.) No. 419 of 2026 Rajendra Singh @ Rajendra Jee, aged about 52 years, S/o Late Arjun Singh, R/o Village-Sori, PO & PS- Mali, District- Aurangabad, State- Bihar ... … 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. Vishwajeet Kr. Tiwari, Advocate For the State : Mr. Abhay Kr. Tiwari, A.P.P. --------- I.A. No. 3236 of 2026 02/15.04.2026 Heard Mr. Vishwajeet Kumar Tiwari, learned counsel for the appellant and learned A.P.P. for the State. This interlocutory application has been preferred by the appellant for condoning a delay of 01 day in filing the appeal. Having been satisfied with the reasons assigned in the instant application, the same is allowed and the delay of 01 day in filing the appeal is, hereby, condoned. I.A. No. 3236 of 2026 stands disposed of. Criminal Appeal (D.B.) No. 419 of 2026 This appeal is directed against the order dated 07.01.2026 passed in MCA No. 3087 of 2025, in S.T. No. 353 of 2024, arising out of Chhattarpur P.S. Case No. 166 of 2023, by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-VIII, Palamau at Daltonganj, whereby and whereunder, the prayer for bail of the appellant has been rejected. It has been alleged that on a raid conducted by the police that miscreants were involved in collection of levy two persons were apprehended and from the dickey of the Motorcycle Rs.5,00,000/- (Rupees Five Lakh) was recovered. It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the appellant that the appellant has not been named by the apprehended accused persons and he has been implicated 2026:JHHC:10775-DB only on account of suspicion. Learned counsel submits that the apprehended accused persons have been granted bail by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 2184 of 2023 and Cr. Appeal (DB) No. 229 of 2024. It has been submitted that the appellant is in custody since 22.08.2024. Learned A.P.P. has opposed the prayer for bail of the appellant and has submitted that the appellant has got several criminal antecedents. Regard being had to the fact that the apprehended accused persons have been granted bail and save and except suspicion there is no other material against the present appellant, we while setting aside the order dated 07.01.2026 passed in MCA No. 3087 of 2025 in S.T. No. 353 of 2024 arising out of Chhattarpur P.S. Case No. 166 of 2023 by learned Additional Sessions Judge-VIII, Palamau at Daltonganj, 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 Additional Sessions Judge-VIII, Palamau at Daltonganj in S.T. No. 353 of 2024, arising out of Chhattarpur P.S. Case No. 166 of 2023. This appeal stands allowed. (Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J.) (Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, J.) Dated, the 15th April, 2026 Pramanik/- Uploaded on 17 /04/2026