2026:JHHC:11378-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Cr. Appeal (DB) No.333 of 2026 Rajendra Mahto age 35 years, Son of Naresh Mahto, resident of Village Dubrajpur, P.O. & P.S. Dubrajpur, District Birbhumi, West Bengal. … Appellant Versus The State of Jharkhand … Respondent ------- Coram: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RONGON MUKHOPADHYAY HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRADEEP KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ------- For the Appellant : Mr. Sabyasanchi, Adv. For the State : Mrs. Nehala Sharmin, Spl. P.P. ------- Order No.04/Dated- 20.04.2026 1. Heard Mr. Sabyasanchi, learned counsel for the appellant and learned Spl. P.P. 2. This appeal is directed against the order dated 22.12.2025 passed in B.P. No.1025 of 2025 by learned Additional Sessions Judge-I, Dhanbad arising out of Dhanbad G.R.P.S. Case No.122 of 2025, whereby and whereunder the prayer for bail of the appellant has been rejected. 3. It has been alleged that the accused persons including the present appellant were apprehended from Vasco Da Gama train and several boys who have been trafficked by the accused persons were recovered. 4. Submission has been advanced by the learned counsel for the appellant that one of the co-accused Bablu Pujhar has been granted bail by this Court in Cr. Appeal (DB) No.449 of 2026. It has been submitted that the appellant is in custody since 04.11.2025 and in fact the children were being taken for work to Aahan Knitting Hob Company. 5. Learned Spl. P.P. has opposed the prayer for bail of the appellant. 6. Regard being had to the fact that one of the co-accused with similar allegations has been granted bail by this Court as noted above, we while setting aside the order dated 22.12.2025 passed 2026:JHHC:11378-DB in B.P. No.1025 of 2025 by learned Additional Sessions Judge-I, Dhanbad arising out of Dhanbad G.R.P.S. Case No.122 of 2025, direct that the appellant 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 learned Judicial Magistrate Railway, Dhanbad in connection with Dhanbad G.R.P.S. Case No.122 of 2025. 7. Accordingly, this appeal is allowed. (Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J.) (Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, J.) Dated: 20th April, 2026 Sachin/ Uploaded On: 21/04/2026