[2026:JHHC:12478] IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No.2684 of 2026 ------ 1. Upendra Mehta @ Upendra Yadav @ Upendra Mahto, aged about 49 years, son of Ramdas Mahto, resident of Village- Tariya, P.O. & P.S. – Tarhasi, District- Palamau, Jharkhand. 2. Kalawati Devi, aged about 45 years, wife of Upendra Mahto, resident of Village- Tariya, P.O. & P.S. – Tarhasi, District- Palamau, Jharkhand. .... .... …. Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party ------ CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY ------ For the Petitioners : Mr. A.K. Kashyap, Sr. Advocate Mr. Anurag Kashyap, Advocate Ms. Komal S. Narayan, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Ruby Pandey, Addl.P.P. ------ Order No:-03 Dated:-28-04-2026 Heard the parties. The petitioners have been made accused in connection with Tarhasi P.S. Case No. 67 of 2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 103(1), 238 and 3(5) of the B.N.S., 2023. Learned senior counsel for the petitioners submits that the allegation against the petitioners is that the petitioners, in furtherance of common intention with the co-accused persons, have committed murder of their daughter, as well as the son of the informant, who was in love with their daughter and caused disappearance of the evidence of her murder by throwing the dead-body in a well and the petitioner No.2 led to discovery of the iron rod stated to be a weapon of offence from her own house. It is next submitted that the allegations against the petitioners are all false. It is then submitted that the post-mortem report of the deceased daughter of the petitioners shows that it was a case of anti-mortem drowning and as per the post-mortem report, the son of the informant died because of head injury sustained by hard and blunt object. It is next submitted that the petitioners have been in custody since 04.08.2025 as is evident from para-22 of the instant bail application. It is further submitted that the petitioners have no criminal antecedent as mentioned in para- 20 of the bail application. It is next submitted that the co-accused, with similar allegations, has already been admitted to bail by this Court vide order dated 18.03.2026 passed in B.A. No. 2168 of 2023. It is lastly submitted that the petitioners undertake to co-operate with the trial of the case and also undertake not to annoy or disturb the witnesses of the case in any manner during the trial of the case. Hence, it is submitted that the petitioners be released on bail. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioners. Considering the facts of this case, the above-named petitioners are directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Palamau in connection with Tarhasi P.S. Case No. 67 of 2025 with the condition that they will co-operate with the trial of the case and furnish their mobile numbers and photocopy of the Aadhar Cards in the court below with an undertaking that they will not change their mobile number during the trial of the case and they will not annoy or disturb the witnesses of the case in any manner during the trial of the case. (Anil Kumar Choudhary, J.) Dated:- 28.04.2026 Saroj/