2026:JHHC:4798 Page 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 11194 of 2025 --------- Ravi Pandey @ Ravi Kumar Pandey, aged about 27 years, S/O-Shatrudhan Pandey, Resident of village- Khirgaon, Pandey Tola, P.O- & P.S-Sadar, District- Hazaribag. … … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … … Opp. Party --------- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUJIT NARAYAN PRASAD ---------- For the Petitioner : Mr. Lalan Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opp. Party : Mr. Someshwar Roy, A.P.P. ----------- Order No.03/Dated: 18th February, 2026 1. The instant application has been filed under Sections 483 and 484 of the BNSS, 2023 seeking therein direction to enlarge the petitioner on regular bail in connection with Sadar P.S. Case No. 21 of 2025, registered for the offence under Sections 324(4), 324(5), 115(2), 117(2), 109(1), 352, 351(2), 351(3) and 308(5) of BNS, pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hazaribag. 2. Mr. Lalan Kumar Singh, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, has submitted that it is a case and counter case. 3. Submission has been made on behalf of the petitioner that in course of scuffle, the petitioner has also sustained injury along with damage to the property including the motorcycle. 4. It has been submitted that the first F.I.R. has been instituted by the present petitioner and, thereafter, in 2026:JHHC:4798 Page 2 counterblast, the second F.I.R. has been instituted in which the petitioner has been taken into custody. 5. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner has submitted that it is, therefore, a fit case for regular bail. 6. While on the other hand, Mr. Someshwar Roy, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the State, has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail by taking the ground as has been referred in paragraph 23 of the case diary that the petitioner is having criminal history which has also been taken note in the order of the learned court rejecting the bail of the petitioner. 7. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, in response, has submitted that so far as the criminal antecedent is concerned, the petitioner has already been granted bail in those cases. 8. This Court has heard learned counsel for the parties, gone across the averments made in the present petition as also the finding recorded by the learned court while considering the prayer for regular bail. 9. This Court, having heard the learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration that it is a case and counter case as the petitioner has instituted a case upon the informant side by making reference of the assault committed upon him as also damage to his property and the present F.I.R. is subsequent to the F.I.R. instituted by the present petitioner and the fact that the petitioner has 2026:JHHC:4798 Page 3 already remained in custody for about six month, i.e. from 12.08.2025, is of the view that the present application is to be allowed. 10. Accordingly, the instant bail application stands allowed. 11. In consequence thereof, the petitioner named above, is directed to 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 the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hazaribag in connection with Sadar P.S. Case No. 21 of 2025, subject to the condition that the petitioner shall co-operate in the trial and shall not absent himself on the date fixed without any cogent cause. In failure, the learned trial court shall have liberty to pass appropriate order in accordance with law so that trial be not hindered. (Sujit Narayan Prasad, J.) Date : 18.02.2026 Birendra/-