Deepak Kumar Mehta Alias Deepak Mehta Alias Nirmal Kumar v. the State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
Criminal bail appeal allowed; condonation of 12 days' delay (I.A. No.3150 of 2026); bail rejection by Sessions Judge, Hazaribagh (B.P. No.838 of 2025, order dt. 18.12.2025) set aside; Ichak P.S. Case No.48 of 2025; recovery of country made pistol from co-accused Rahul Kumar Mehta; implication solely on confessional statement of co-accused; co-accused already granted bail in Cr. Appeal (D.B.) No. 1123 of 2025; criminal-antecedents submission by A.P.P. outweighed; custody since 18.11.2025; bail bond Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of like amount; J.M. 1st Class, Hazaribagh; Coram Rongon Mukhopadhyay & Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, JJ.; decided 02.04.2026.
What did the court decide?
Appeal allowed: delay of 12 days in filing condoned; order dated 18.12.2025 (B.P. No.838 of 2025, Sessions Judge, Hazaribagh) rejecting bail set aside; appellant directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned J.M., 1st Class, Hazaribagh, in connection with Ichak P.S. Case No.48 of 2025.