2026:JHHC:1346 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B. A. No. 11442 of 2025 Muneshwar Ganjhu @ Muneshwar Kumar @ Vikramji, S/o Amrit Ganjhu, R/o Village-Patal (Damaru), P.O.-Damaru, P.S.-Keredari, Dist.-Hazaribagh, Jharkhand … …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … …. Opp. Party ----- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GAUTAM KUMAR CHOUDHARY ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Sahil, Advocate For the State : Mr. Vineet Kr. Vashistha, Spl.P.P. ----- Oral Order 02 / Dated : 19.01.2026 Heard learned counsel for the parties. The petitioner named above has been made accused in connection with Budmu P.S. Case No. 11 of 2023 (S.T. No. 93 of 2025) for the offence registered under Sections 147, 148, 149, 341, 353, 307 of the Indian Penal Code, Sections 25(1A) and 27 of Arms Act and Section 17 of C.L.A. Act, pending in the court of learned A.J.C.-XII, Ranchi. As per the FIR, on secret information that some members of a banned extremist outfits were holding meeting to commit criminal offence, a raid was conducted by the police party in which the extremist party resorted to firing on the police party indiscriminately. No one was arrested from the spot and the case was registered against Bikram Jee, Ranjit Mahto @ Hohad, Gurudev, Chhotan Turi and other members of banned organization TSPC. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is not named in the FIR and it is alleged that he has been roped in the case by Bikram Jee as his alias name. It is also submitted that similarly situated co-accused namely, Chhotan Turi, has been granted bail by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in B.A. No. 9796 of 2024 and he is languishing in custody for more than one and half years. Though the charge has been framed in March, 2025 but not a single witness has been examined and none had sustained any injury in the said ambush. Learned counsel for the State has opposed the prayer for bail. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner, named above, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Court below, on the condition that one of the bailers would be the family members of the petitioner. (Gautam Kumar Choudhary, J.) AKT/Satendra Uploaded on 20.01.2026