RANCHI, India, Dec. 4 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on Nov. 4:

This appeal is directed against the order dated 16.09.2025 passed in Misc. Criminal Application No. 585 of 2025 arising out of S.T. Case No. 113/2023(S) in connection with Herhanj P.S. Case No. 07/2013 by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-III, Latehar, whereby and whereunder, the prayer for bail of the appellant has been rejected.

It has been alleged that on an information that some extremists had gathered in Chuku forest, a raid was conducted in the forest and there was an exchange of firing between the police personnel and the extremists and being out maneuvered the extremists had fled away. Subsequently several can bomb bombs were recovered, which were defused.

Submission has been advanced by the learned counsel for the appellant that he is named in the First Information Report on the basis of a secret information received by the police. It has further been submitted that no Test Identification Parade has been held and one of the co-accused Basudeo Ganjhu @ Gopal Ganjhu @ Gopal Jee has already been granted bail by of this Court in B.A. No. 11212 of 2020. Learned counsel adds that nothing incriminating was recovered from the possession of the appellant.

Learned Spl.PP has opposed the prayer for bail of the appellant and has submitted that the appellant has absconded for 10 years.

Regard being had to the manner of implication of the appellant, we while setting aside the order dated 16.09.2025 passed in Misc. Criminal Application No. 585 of 2025 arising out of S.T. Case No. 113/2023(S) in connection with Herhanj P.S. Case No. 07/2013 by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-III, Latehar, 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 Additional Sessions Judge-III, Latehar in connection with S.T. Case No. 113/2023(S) arising out of Herhanj P.S. Case No. 07/2013, subject to the condition that the appellant shall remain physically present before the learned trial court on each and every date till the conclusion of the trial.

This appeal is allowed.

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