[2025:JHHC:15851] IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No.4592 of 2025 ------ Rajeev Kumar Mishra @ Bittu Mishra, aged about 42 Years, Son of Late Raj Narayan Mishra, Resident of Ram Nagar Colony, Ravi Steel, Pandra, P.O. + P.S. Pandra, District Ranchi. .... .... …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... Opposite Party ------ CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Nilesh Kumar, Advocate Mr. Vikash Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Sanjay Kr. Srivastava, Addl.P.P ------ Order No.02 Dated- 17-06-2025 Heard the parties. The petitioner has been made accused in connection Jagarnathpur (Pundag) P.S. Case No.173 of 2025 registered for the offences punishable under Section 308 (4), 351 (4), 111 (2) (b) of the B.N.S., 2023 and Section 27 of the Arms Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the allegation against the petitioner is that the petitioner was demanding extortion of Rs.25,00,000/- from the informant. It is submitted that the allegation against the petitioner is false. It is next submitted that the petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. and the phone number, from which extortion call was made, does not belong to the petitioner. It is further submitted that so far as ten cases in which the petitioner has been implicated are concerned, all the cases except two cases are in or before the year 2015 and in seven of the cases, the petitioner has been acquitted, while in one case Final Form was submitted by police and only two cases are pending against the petitioner, as has been mentioned in para-17 of the instant bail application. It is next submitted that except the confessional statement of the petitioner, there is no other material in the record to implicate the petitioner in this case. It is then submitted that the petitioner undertakes that he will co- operate with the trial of the case. It is lastly submitted that the petitioner has been in custody since 28.04.2025; as is evident from para-18 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 J.M., Ranchi in connection with Jagarnathpur (Pundag) P.S. Case No.173 of 2025 with the condition that he will co-operate with the trial of the case and 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. (Anil Kumar Choudhary, J.) Animesh/