Sonu Ansari Alias Safique Alias MD Sonu v. the State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
Jharkhand HC, Ranchi | Justice Deepak Roshan | B.A. No. 2004 of 2026 | decided 16.03.2026 (uploaded 17.03.2026) | Regular bail application, offences under Sections 379 IPC, Chandankiyari P.S. Case No. 24 of 2022 (S), S.D.J.M. Bokaro | Petitioner: Sonu Ansari @ Safique @ Md. Sonu (Dhanbad); counsel Nisith Kr. Sahani; State represented by A.P.P. Bishambhar Shastri | Grounds: petitioner not named in FIR; implication solely via confessional statement of co-accused Imtiyaz Qureshi, acquitted 04.03.2025 in G.R. No. 533 of 2022; custody since 26.06.2025 | Outcome: bail allowed — bail bond Rs. 20,000 with two like-amount sureties; mandatory attendance before trial court; bail cancellable on adverse report.
What did the court decide?
Regular bail granted: petitioner to be released on furnishing bail bond of Rs.20,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M., Bokaro in connection with Chandankiyari P.S. Case No. 24 of 2022 (S); petitioner required to appear on each and every date before the trial court, whose liberty to cancel bail upon any adverse report is expressly preserved.