RANCHI, India, Oct. 7 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on Sept. 8:
Heard Mr. Agnivesh, the learned counsel for the appellant and Mr. Abhay Kr. Tiwari, the learned A.P.P. for the State.
This appeal is directed against the order dated 13.06.2025 passed in B.P. No. 119 of 2025 in connection with Sahibganj Rail PS Case No. 13 of 2025 by the learned Sessions Judge, Sahibganj, whereby and whereunder, the prayer for bail of the appellant has been rejected.
It has been alleged that three minor girls who have been trafficked to Delhi from Sahibganj were rescued and they had taken the name of the appellant as the person who had taken them to Delhi.
It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the appellant that the appellant is in custody since 02.04.2025. It has further been submitted that all the victims were rescued and in fact the prosecution has failed to ascertain that the victims were taken to Delhi for the purposes of trafficking.
Learned A.P.P. has opposed the prayer for bail of the appellant.
Regard being had to the fact that the victims have been recovered and the period of custody undergone by the appellant, we while setting aside the order dated 13.06.2025 passed in B.P. No. 119 of 2025 in connection with Sahibganj Rail PS Case No. 13 of 2025 by the learned Sessions Judge, Sahibganj, direct the appellant be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Railway Judicial Magistrate, Sahibganj in connection with Sahibganj Rail PS Case No. 13 of 2025.
This appeal is allowed.
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