Jitendra Singh Alias Bajrangi Ji Vs the State of Jharkhand — Jharkhand HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Jitendra Singh Alias Bajrangi Ji Vs the State of Jharkhand — Jharkhand HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Impugned bail-rejection order dated 27.11.2025 set aside; appellant directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Sessions Judge-I, Latehar, in connection with Latehar P.S. Case No. 236 of 2021, G.R. No. 512 of 2025 (S) (S.T. No. 234 of 2025).

Issue for consideration

Whether the appellant, whose prayer for bail was rejected by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-I, Latehar (order dated 27.11.2025 in Misc. Criminal Application No. 815 of 2025, arising out of Latehar P.S. Case No. 236/2021), is entitled to be released on bail, his case being similar to that of co-accused who have already been granted bail.

Court's answer

Taking into account the foregoing submissions — in particular that the appellant's case is similar to those co-accused who have been granted bail, a similarity the learned A.P.P. did not dispute — the Division Bench found the appellant entitled to be released on bail.

Ratio / Principle

The court set aside the order dated 27.11.2025 of the learned Additional Sessions Judge-I, Latehar rejecting the appellant's bail prayer, and directed that the appellant be released on bail on furnishing a bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Sessions Judge-I, Latehar, in connection with Latehar P.S. Case No. 236 of 2021, G.R. No. 512 of 2025 (S) (S.T. No. 234 of 2025).

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Bail appeal allowed — High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi (Division Bench: Rongon Mukhopadhyay and Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, JJ.), Cr. Appeal (D.B.) No. 64 of 2026, decided 30 January 2026. The appeal lay against the order dated 27.11.2025 of the learned Additional Sessions Judge-I, Latehar in Misc. Criminal Application No. 815 of 2025, arising out of Latehar P.S. Case No. 236/2021, rejecting the bail prayer of the appellant, Jitendra Singh @ Bajrangi Ji. The alleged occurrence involved an exchange of firing between police personnel and JJMP extremists, in which one police personnel suffered a shoulder injury, and the dead body of a JJMP extremist was subsequently found at the place of occurrence; the appellant's name had surfaced on secret information and he was in custody since 10.03.2025. Learned counsel for the appellant submitted that some co-accused, in similar circumstances, had been granted bail in Cr. Appeal (DB) No. 864 of 2022 and Cr. Appeal (DB) No. 209 of 2023; the learned A.P.P., while opposing the bail prayer, did not dispute the similarity of the appellant's case to those co-accused. Regard being had to the above, the Division Bench set aside the rejection order and directed that the appellant be released on bail on furnishing a bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Sessions Judge-I, Latehar, in connection with Latehar P.S. Case No. 236 of 2021, G.R. No. 512 of 2025 (S) (S.T. No. 234 of 2025). The appeal was allowed.

2026:JHHC:2547-DB

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Cr. Appeal (D.B.) No. 64 of 2026

Jitendra Singh @ Bajrangi Ji, aged about 24 years, S/o Dasrath Singh, R/o Village – Simriyatar, P.O. & P.S. – Latehar, District – Latehar.

….. Appellant

Versus

The State of Jharkhand ….. Respondent

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

-------- For the Appellant : Ms. Neha Kumari, Advocate. For the State : Ms. Kumari Rashmi, A.P.P. ---------

Order No. 02/Dated: 30^th January, 2026

1. Heard Ms. Neha Kumari, learned counsel for the appellant and learned A.P.P.

2. This appeal is directed against the order dated 27.11.2025 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-I, Latehar in Misc. Criminal Application No. 815 of 2025, arising out of Latehar P.S. Case No. 236/2021, whereby and whereunder, the prayer for bail of the appellant has been rejected.

3. It has been alleged that there was an exchange of firing between the police personnel and the extremists of JJMP, as a result of which, one of the police personnel had suffered injury on his shoulder. The extremists however subsequently managed to flee away and on search, the dead body of a JJMP extremist was found at the place of occurrence.

4. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the appellant that the name of appellant has come on a secret information.

5. Learned counsel submits that in similar circumstances, some of the co-accused have been granted bail in Cr. Appeal (DB) No. 864 of 2022 and Cr. Appeal (DB) No. 209 of 2023.

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6. Learned counsel adds that the appellant is in custody since 10.03.2025.

7. Learned A.P.P. though has opposed the prayer for bail of the appellant, but has not disputed that the case of the present appellant is similar to those co-accused, who have been granted bail.

8. Regard being had to be above, we, while setting aside the order dated 27.11.2025 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-I, Latehar in Misc. Criminal Application No. 815 of 2025, arising out of Latehar P.S. Case No. 236/2021, direct that the appellant be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Sessions Judge-I, Latehar in connection with Latehar P.S. Case No. 236 of 2021, G.R. No. 512 of 2025 (S) (S.T. No. 234 of 2025).

9. This appeal is allowed.

(Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J.)

(Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, J.)

January 30, 2026 Sunil/ Uploaded On : 06.02.2026

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