RANCHI, India, Jan. 3 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on Dec. 2:
1. Heard Mr. Arvind Kr. Choudhary, learned counsel for the appellant No. 2 and learned Spl.P.P. appearing for the State.
2. This application has been preferred on behalf of appellant No. 2 for grant of bail to him, during the pendency of this appeal.
3. It has been alleged that the father of the informant was subjected to assault at the instigation of the appellant No. 1 and it was the appellant No. 2 who had given a Spade blow on his head.
4. It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the appellant No. 2 that several co-convicts have been granted bail. It has further been submitted that the appellant No. 2 has been attributed to have committed assault with a Spade on the head of the deceased and the post-mortem report indicates that only one injury was found upon the person of the deceased. Learned counsel further submits that the appellant No. 2 is in custody for more than 7 years.
5. Learned Spl.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer for bail of the appellant No.2.
6. On consideration of the fact that the appellant No. 2 has completed more than 7 years in custody and that only one injury was found on the person of the deceased that too by hard and blunt substance which is attributed to the appellant No. 2, we are inclined to admit the appellant No. 2 on bail. Accordingly, during the pendency of this appeal, appellant No. 2, above named, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Addl. Sessions Judge-III, Deoghar in S.T. No. 05 of 2019, arising out of Sarwan P.S. Case No. 108/2018.
7. The aforesaid I.A. stands allowed and disposed of.
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