Jharkhand High CourtPankaj Baraik @ Pankaj Chik Baraik vs The State Of Jharkhand .... .... Opp. ... on 17 January, 2022Author:Subhash ChandBench:Subhash ChandIN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI\n                            B.A. No. 9696 of 2021\n\n         Pankaj Baraik @ Pankaj Chik Baraik                  ..... ... Petitioner\n                                      Versus\n         The State of Jharkhand                              .... .... Opp. Party\n                                   --------CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBHASH CHAND------For the Petitioner          : Mr. K.S. Nanda, Advocate\n         For the State               : Mr. V.S. Sahay, A.P.P.\n                                  --------\n04/17.01.2022         Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.P.P. for\n         the State.This bail application has been filed on behalf of the\n         applicant- Pankaj Baraik @ Pankaj Chik Baraik with prayer to release on\n         bail in connection with Bolba P.S. Case No. 03 of 2021 registered underSections 420,489(A),489(B),489(C),489(D),489(E),120(B)of the\n         Indian Penal Code pending in the court of learned Sub Divisional Judicial\n         Magistrate, Simdega.Learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that the\n         F.I.R. of this case was lodged against four named accused persons\n         including the applicant with the allegations that all these accused persons\n         were involved in printing of counterfeit currency and about 3,09,600/-\n         were recovered as counterfeit currency. It is submitted that from the\n         possession of the applicant computer printer, coloured ink, papers etc.\n         used in printing the notes were recovered. The learned counsel for the\n         applicant has further submitted that there is nothing on record to show\n         that these counterfeit notes were being printed by the printer of the\n         applicant. The similarly situated co-accused persons, namely, Pradeep\n         Manjhi has been granted bail by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide\n         order dated 29.07.2021 passed in B.A. No. 6590 of 2021 and Lok Singh\n         Sidar and Amit Yadav have also been granted bail by a co-ordinate Bench\n         of this Court vide order dated 13.08.2021 passed in B.A. No. 7456 of\n         2021 from whose possession the counterfeit currency was also recovered.\n         The role of the applicant is identical. The applicant has been languishing\n         in jail since 01.02.2021.Learned A.P.P. appearing on behalf of the State vehemently\n         opposed the contentions made by the learned counsel for the applicant\n         and contended that the printer which was recovered from the possession\n         of the applicant was being used in printing the counterfeit currency\n         notes.-2-In view of the submissions made and materials on record,\n       the bail application of the applicant is hereby allowed. Let the applicant\n       be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/-(Rupees Twenty\n       Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of\n       the court of learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Simdega in\n       aforesaid case.(Subhash Chand, J.)\nMadhav/-