RANCHI, India, April 9 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on March 9:

1. This bail application has been filed under Sections 483 & 484 of BNSS, 2023 wherein, prayer has been made for grant of bail as he is in custody for allegedly committing offence punishable under Sections 351(2), 351(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 25(1-B)(a) 26 of Arms Act.

2. Heard, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the State and have also gone through the impugned order.

3. Learned A.P.P. opposes the prayer for bail.

4. One single barrel country made rifle was recovered from the possession of the petitioner, which the petitioner was using to threatened the villagers. There is nothing to suggest whether the petitioner has fired from the said country made rifle or it was loaded or not. Petitioner is in custody since 14.11.2025. 5. Considering the aforesaid fact, I am inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the petitioner, named above, is directed to 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 the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Godda in connection with Meharma Police Station Case No.184 of 2025 subject to the condition that one of the bailors should be a close relative of the petitioner, having sufficient landed property in his own name within the State of Jharkhand with a further condition that the petitioner shall appear and mark his attendance before the Registrar, Civil Court, Godda once in a month till the disposal of the trial.

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