( 2026:JHHC:12915 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 2857 of 2026 ------ Taslim Ansari @ Bhowra, aged about 35 years, son of late Salim, resident of Village-Deori Nagri Piska, P.O. & P.S.- Deori, Dist.-Ranchi (Jharkhand) … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ------ CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Rakesh Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Abhay Kr. Tiwari, Addl. P.P. ------ Order No.03 Dated- 01.05.2026 Heard the parties. The petitioner has moved this Court for grant of bail in connection with Gumla P.S. Case No.124 of 2025 registered for the offences punishable under sections 308(3)/308(5) of the B.N.S., 2023. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that this is the second journey of the petitioner with the prayer for regular bail and the only fresh ground is that the petitioner has been in custody for some more time. Hence, it is submitted that the petitioner be admitted to bail. The learned Addl. P.P. on the other hand vehemently opposes the prayer for bail and submits that merely because the petitioner has remained in custody for two months more is not a sufficient ground to review the prayer for bail of the petitioner which was earlier rejected on merit. Hence, it is submitted that the petitioner ought not to be admitted to bail. Considering the fact that the prayer for bail of the petitioner was earlier rejected on merit, this Court is of the considered view that merely because the petitioner has remained in custody for two more months is not a sufficient ground to admit the petitioner on bail. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is rejected for the same reasons as mentioned in the order dated 17.02.2026 in B.A. No. 10583 of 2025. (Anil Kumar Choudhary, J.) 01.05.2026 Gunjan-