IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No.1985 of 2025 ------ Harilal Ravidas @ Mukesh Ravidas, aged about 32 years, Son of Puran Rabidas, Resident of Village-Kapka, P.O.-Kapka, P.S- Barkatha, District-Hazaribag, (Jharkhand) .... .... …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party ------ CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Ashok Kr. Singh, Advocate For the State : Mr. Sanat Kr. Jha, Addl.P.P. ------ Order No.02 Dated- 26/03/2025 Heard the parties. Apprehending his arrest in connection with Barkatha P.S. Case No.163 of 2020 instituted for the offences punishable under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 66 (c) and 67 of the Information Technology Act, the petitioner has moved this Court for grant of privileges of anticipatory bail. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the allegation against the petitioner is that the petitioner along with co- accused persons were sending the obscene photographs of girls through social media and they were cheating the public in the name of giving service and also blackmailing and extorting them and on a raid being conducted, three accused persons were apprehended and from their mobile phones obscene photographs of girls and numbers in which they have proposed to give service through chatting, was also detected and it is also alleged that the apprehended co-accused persons had disclosed that they used to obtain advance money through E-Wallets and also threatened to upload the photographs of the customers on porn websites and extorted money from them. It is submitted that the allegation against the petitioner is false. It is next submitted that the petitioner has been arrayed in this case only on the basis of confessional statement of three co- accused persons. It is also submitted that the co-accused, with similar allegations, has already been given the privileges of anticipatory bail by this Court vide order dated 08.04.2021 passed in A.B.A. No.1612 of 2021. It is lastly submitted that the petitioner is ready and willing to co-operate with the investigation of the case and to furnish sufficient security including cash security. Hence, it is submitted that the petitioner be given the privileges of anticipatory bail. Learned Addl.P.P appearing for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner. Considering the submissions of learned counsels and the facts and circumstances stated above, I am inclined to grant privileges of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the petitioner is directed to surrender in the Court of learned J.M.- 1st Class, Hazaribag within six weeks from today and in the event of his arrest or surrendering, he will be enlarged on bail on depositing Rs.50,000/-(Rupees fifty thousand) as cash security and on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned J.M.- 1st Class, Hazaribag in connection with Barkatha P.S. Case No.163 of 2020 with the condition that he will co-operate with the investigation of the case and appear before the investigating officer as and when noticed by him and furnish his mobile number and photocopy of the Aadhar Card with an undertaking that he will not change his mobile number during the pendency of the case and subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Anil Kumar Choudhary, J.) Abhiraj/