Pintu Oraon Vs the State of Jharkhand — Jharkhand HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Pintu Oraon Vs the State of Jharkhand — Jharkhand HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Appellant 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Latehar, in connection with Latehar AHTU P.S. Case No. 04/2023 (G.R. No. 265 of 2025); the order dated 11.06.2025 rejecting bail set aside.

Issue for consideration

Whether the delay of 34 days in filing the appeal should be condoned (I.A. No. 11598 of 2025). +1 more

Court's answer

The delay of 34 days in filing the appeal is condoned and I.A. No. 11598 of 2025 is allowed and disposed of.

Ratio / Principle

Regard being had to the manner of implication of the appellant and the fact that co-accused Rajesh Oraon has been granted bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Court, the order dated 11.06.2025 passed in B.P. No. 193 of 2025 (Latehar AHTU P.S. Case No. 04/2023, G.R. No. 265 of 2025) by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-II, Latehar is set aside and the appellant is directed to be released on bail on furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Latehar.

Key takeaways

The criminal appeal is allowed.ratio¶19

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 1068 of 2025 (neutral citation 2025:JHHC:27761-DB), decided on 11th September 2025 by the High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi (Rongon Mukhopadhyay and Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, JJ.), was directed against the order dated 11.06.2025 passed in B.P. No. 193 of 2025 (Latehar AHTU P.S. Case No. 04/2023, G.R. No. 265 of 2025) by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-II, Latehar, rejecting the bail prayer of the appellant Pintu Oraon. The delay of 34 days in filing the appeal was condoned (I.A. No. 11598 of 2025). The case arose out of a raid at Latehar Railway Station in which some girls and boys were recovered; counsel for the appellant urged that he was implicated only on the basis of the confessional statement of co-accused Rajesh Oraon, who had been granted bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Court in Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 544 of 2024, and that the appellant was in custody since 18.01.2025. Regard being had to the manner of implication of the appellant and the grant of bail to the co-accused, the Division Bench set aside the order dated 11.06.2025 and directed the appellant's release on bail on furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Latehar. The appeal was allowed.

Neutral Citation No. 2025:JHHC:27761-DB

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 1068 of 2025 Pintu Oraon ... Appellant

Versus The State of Jharkhand … Respondent

CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RONGON MUKHOPADHYAY HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PRADEEP KUMAR SRIVASTAVA

For the Appellant : Mr. Nandan Prasad, Advocate For the State : Mr. Pankaj Mishra, A.P.P. ---

Order No. 02 Dated 11^th September 2025

I.A. No. 11598 of 2025

Heard the learned counsel for the respective parties.

This application has been preferred by the appellant for condoning a delay of 34 days in filing the appeal.

Having been satisfied with the reasons assigned in this application, the delay of 34 days which had occurred in filing this appeal is condoned and this I.A. is allowed and disposed of.

Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 1068 of 2025

Heard the learned counsel for the respective sides.

This appeal is directed against the order dated 11.06.2025 passed in B.P. No. 193 of 2025 in connection with of Latehar AHTU P.S. Case No. 04/2023 (G.R. No. 265 of 2025) by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-II, Latehar, whereby and whereunder, the prayer for bail of the appellant has been rejected.

It has been alleged that a raid had been conducted in Latehar Railway Station from where some girls and boys were recovered.

Submission has been advanced by the learned senior counsel for the appellant that the appellant has been implicated only on the basis of confessional statement of co-accused Rajesh Oraon who has been granted bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Court in Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 544 of 2024. It has further been submitted that the appellant is in custody since 18.01.2025.

Learned APP has opposed the prayer for bail of the appellant.

Regard being had to the manner of implication of the appellant and the fact that co-accused has been granted bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Court as noted above, we while setting aside the order dated 11.06.2025 passed in B.P. No. 193 of 2025 in connection with of Latehar AHTU P.S. Case No. 04/2023 (G.R. No. 265 of 2025) by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-II, 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Latehar in connection with of Latehar AHTU P.S. Case No. 04/2023 (G.R. No. 265 of 2025).

This appeal is allowed.

(RONGON MUKHOPADHYAY, J.)

MK

(PRADEEP KUMAR SRIVASTAVA, J.)

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