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2025 DAILYLAW 12816 (JHR)

AJIT KUMAR SINGH v. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND

B.A./5833/2025 · 2025-07-14

Anil Kumar Choudhary

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[2025:JHHC:19070] IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No.5833 of 2025 ------ Ajit Kumar Singh, aged about 22 years, son of Late Ranjit Singh, By Occupation- Cultivation, resident of village- Mitkora, P.O.- Bikuwadag, P.S.- Karra, District- Khunti, Jharkhand, PIN-835234, UID No.258687400193 .... .... …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... Opposite Party ------ CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Sunny Mishra, Advocate Mr. Pawan Kr. Pathak, Advocate For the State : Mr. Someshwar Roy, Addl.P.P ------ Order No.02 Dated- 14-07-2025 Heard the parties. The petitioner has been made accused in connection Murhu P.S. Case No.104 of 2021 corresponding to G.R. Case No.85 of 2023 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 387 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 17 of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act and Ordinances. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the allegation against the petitioner is that the petitioner was demanding extortion in the name of P.L.F.I. It is submitted that the allegation against the petitioner is false. It is next submitted that the petitioner has been implicated in this case only on the basis of the confessional statement of the co-accused and the petitioner got recharged the mobile number used in the commission of the crime from his own mobile on the dictate of P.L.F.I. Supremo. It is also submitted that the co-accused, with similar allegations, has already been admitted to bail by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 27.01.2025 passed in B.A. No.582 of 2025. It is then submitted that the petitioner undertakes that he will co-operate with the trial of the case and that he will not annoy or disturb the informant and other witnesses of the case during the trial of the case. It is lastly submitted that the petitioner has been in custody since 20.01.2025 as is evident from para-01 of the instant bail application. Hence it is submitted that the petitioner be released on bail. Learned Addl. P.P. opposes the prayer for bail. Considering the facts of this case, the above-named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M., Khunti in connection with Murhu P.S. Case No.104 of 2021 corresponding to G.R. Case No.85 of 2023 with the condition that he will co- operate with the trial of the case, furnish his mobile number and photocopy of the Aadhar Card in the court below with an undertaking that he will not change his mobile number during the trial of the case and will not annoy or disturb the informant and other witnesses of the case during the trial of the case. (Anil Kumar Choudhary, J.) Animesh/