( 2026:JHHC:7542 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No.2168 of 2026 ------ Janeshwar Mahto, aged about 50 years, son of Ramdas Mahto, resident of village-Tariya, P.O. & P.S.-Tarhasi, District-Palamu, Jharkhand. … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ------ CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. A.K. Kashyap, Sr. Advocate : Mr. Anurag Kashyap, Advocate For the State : Mr. Subodh Kr. Dubey, Addl.P.P. ------ Order No:-02 Dated:-18-03-2026 Heard the parties. The petitioner has been made accused in connection with Tarhasi P.S. Case No.67 of 2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 103(1), 238 & 3(5) of the BNS, 2023. Learned senior counsel for the petitioner submits that the allegation against the petitioner is that the petitioner in furtherance of common intention with the co-accused persons committed murder of Subhash Kumar @ Karu Singh and caused destruction of the evidence of the murder by throwing the dead body in a well. It is submitted that the allegation against the petitioner is false. It is next submitted that the petitioner has been implicated in this case only on the basis of the suspicion and the confessional statement of the co-accused persons. It is next submitted that charge sheet has been submitted in this case, but no witness has been examined as yet. It is next submitted that the co-accused person has been granted bail by the co-ordinate bench of this Court vide order dated 17.02.2026 in B.A. No.10646 of 2025. It is next submitted that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent as has been mentioned in para- 19 of this bail application. It is next submitted that the petitioner undertakes that he will co-operate with the trial of the case and will not annoy or disturb the informant or witnesses of the case. It is lastly submitted that the petitioner has been in custody since 04.08.2025 as is evident from para-21 of the instant bail application. Hence it is submitted that the petitioner be released on bail. Learned Addl.P.P. opposes the prayer for bail. Considering the facts of this case, the above-named petitioner is directed to be enlarged 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Palamau in connection with Tarhasi P.S. Case No.67 of 2025 with the condition that he will co-operate with the trial of the case and furnish his mobile number and photocopy of the Aadhar Card in the court below with an undertaking that he will not change his mobile number during the trial of the case and will not annoy or disturb the informant or witnesses of the case. (Anil Kumar Choudhary, J.) 18/03/2026 Abhiraj/