B.A./8875/2026 of SHAHBAZ KHAN @ SAHBAZ KHAN Vs STATE OF JHARKHAND on 7 October 2026

1. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody in connection with Hindpiri P.S. Case No. 54/2026 corresponding to G.R. Case No. 2448 of 2026 for the offence registered under Section 96 of BNS, now said to have been pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi.

2. The counter-affidavit filed during the court proceeding is taken on record.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case and is in custody since 07.07.2026. There is delay of five days in lodging the FIR. The parties have settled the dispute through compromise.

4. Learned counsel for the informant has submitted that he has no objection, if the petitioner is released on bail.

5. Learned counsel for the State has submitted that if the informant has no objection to the prayer for bail, he has nothing to say. However, the petitioner has two criminal antecedents, but the criminal antecedents do not relate to any offence against women. The learned counsel has also submitted that it has come during evidence that the petitioner is a married

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person and earlier also, he was involved in similar offence in connection with other persons, but no such details has come in the case-diary.

6. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and considering the fact that the informant has no objection to the prayer for bail and in the statement recorded under Section 183 of BNSS, the victim has stated that she had herself gone with the petitioner, the petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rs. Twenty-Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi in connection with Hindpiri P.S. Case No. 54/2026, subject to the following conditions: -

(i) One of the bailors would be the present pairvikar of the petitioner.

(ii) The other bailor should be his close relative.

(iii) The petitioner will attend the court on each and every date and on account of his single default, the learned court shall cancel the bail bond furnished by the petitioner.

(iv) The petitioner would deposit a self-attested copy of his Aadhar Card along with his Mobile Number before the learned court below, which he shall not change during the pendency of the case without prior permission of the court.

(v) The petitioner shall fully co-operate with the proceedings before the learned court below.

7. The instant bail application is allowed with the aforesaid conditions.

8. Let a copy of this order along with a copy of the affidavit filed with the bail petition be communicated to the court concerned through ‘e- mail/FAX’.

(Anubha Rawat Choudhary, J.)

Dated: 07.10.2026

Uploaded On: 08.10.2026

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