B.A./8888/2026 of DILIP KUMAR Vs THE STATE OF JHARKHAND on 23 September 2026

1. Dilip Kumar, aged about 18 years, son Munshi Mahto, resident of Village Kumhra, Bengwari, P.O. & P.S. Keredari, Dist. Hazaribag

2. Suraj Kumar, aged about 23 years, son of Pachu Paswan, resident of Village Hewai, P.O. & P.S. Keredari, Dist. Hazaribag

3. Ashish Kumar, aged about 24 years, Son of Kartik Bhuiyan, resident of Village Hewai, P.O. & P.S. Keredari, Dist. Hazaribag

… … Petitioners

Versus

The State of Jharkhand

… … Opp. Party

--- CORAM: HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANUBHA RAWAT CHOUDHARY ---

For the Petitioners

: Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Advocate

For the Opp. Party

: Mr. Vijoy Kumar Sinha, Advocate

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04/23rd September 2026

1. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are in custody in connection with Keredari P.S. Case No. 108/2025 for the offence registered under Section 96, 137(2) of BNS, now said to have been pending in the court of learned Additional Sessions Judge-VI, Hazaribag.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are in custody since 02.02.2026 and the charge-sheet has been submitted for alleged offence under Sections 137(2), 87, 3(5) of BNS. As per the FIR, three girls, aged about 17 years, were kidnapped. The learned counsel has referred to the statements of the three victims recorded under Section 183 of the BNSS and submitted that all three victims have made similar statements, inasmuch as, they stated that while they were going to market, three boys known to them asked them to sit in their Bolero vehicle. When they requested the boys to open the windows, they refused and took them to Rourkela Railway Station. They were sitting in the Rourkela Station, where they were apprehended by the police. The learned counsel submits that there is no allegation of any kind of sexual assault or any assault to the victims. The victims never raised any alarm even at the railway station. The learned counsel has referred to paragraph 16 of the bail application to submit that the petitioners have no criminal antecedent.

3. Learned counsel for the opposite party has opposed the prayer for bail and has submitted that all the three victims are minor.

4. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and considering the fact that the charge-sheet has already been submitted and upon going through the statements of the victims recorded under Section 183 of BNSS, there is no allegation of any assault or sexual assault and the petitioners and the victims were known to each other and the petitioners have no criminal antecedent, the petitioners are 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 Additional Sessions Judge-VI, Hazaribag in connection with Keredari P.S. Case No. 108/2025, subject to the following conditions: -

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

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

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

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

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

(vi) The petitioners shall not disturb the victims and their family members in any manner whatsoever.

5. The learned court shall call for the criminal antecedent report of each of the petitioners from the State before enlarging them on bail and if any criminal antecedent is found against one or the other, the concerned petitioner shall not be enlarged on bail.

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

7. 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: 23.09.2026

Uploaded On: 23.09.2026

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