2026:JHHC:10928-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Cr. Appeal (DB) No.180 of 2026 Ishwar Turi, Aged about 48 years, S/o – Late Mangu Turi, R/o- Harish Chandarpur, P.O + P.S- Barhait, District – Sahibganj. … 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. Pratiush Lala, Adv. For the State : Mr. Shiv Shankar Kumar, A.P.P. ------- Order No.03/Dated- 17.04.2026 1. Heard Mr. Pratiush Lala, learned counsel for the appellant and learned A.P.P. 2. This appeal is directed against the order dated 11.12.2025 passed in M.C.A. No.791 of 2025 by learned Additional Sessions Judge-I, Sahibganj arising out of Borio P.S. Case No.03 of 2023, whereby and whereunder the prayer for bail of the appellant has been rejected. 3. It has been alleged that daughter of the informant was taken to Delhi on the pretext of providing her employment. However, despite the accused persons giving an assurance that the informant will be given Rs.12,000/- per month but even after 2-3 months, neither the money was given nor the informant was able to converse with her daughter. It has further been alleged that after one year, the informant came to know about the accused persons taking away innocent girls from the village to Delhi after which the First Information Report was instituted. 4. Submission has been advanced by learned counsel for the appellant that the informant has been examined as P.W.1 and she has failed to identify the appellant, as a result of which, she has been declared hostile by the prosecution. It has further been submitted that some of the co-accused persons similarly situated though has also been put on trial but they have been 2026:JHHC:10928-DB acquitted by the learned Trial Court. Mr. Lala submits that the appellant is in custody since 03.02.2025. 5. Learned A.P.P. has opposed the prayer for bail of the appellant and submitted that victim is still traceless. 6. Pursuant to the order dated 20.02.2026, the status report has been received from which it appears that out of 13 charge- sheeted witnesses only 3 witnesses have been examined so far. 7. Considering the fact that the informant has been declared hostile and the other co-accused persons similarly situated have already been acquitted by the learned Trial Court in a separate trial, we while setting aside the order dated 11.12.2025 passed in M.C.A. No.791 of 2025 by learned Additional Sessions Judge-I, Sahibganj arising out of Borio P.S. Case No.03 of 2023, direct that the appellant be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Additional Sessions Judge-I, Sahibganj in connection with Borio P.S. Case No.03 of 2023, subject to the condition that the appellant shall remain physically present before the learned Trial Court on each and every date, till the conclusion of the trial unless prevented by sufficient cause. 8. Accordingly, this appeal is allowed. (Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J.) (Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, J.) Dated: 17th April, 2026 Sachin/ Uploaded On: 18/04/2026