2026:JHHC:15404 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No.2743 of 2026 ------ Kawaljit Singh, son of Late Avtar Singh, resident of Village Sanjay Gandhi Path, Ward No.9, P.O., P.S. & District Lohardaga. … … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand. … … Opposite Party ------ CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RONGON MUKHOPADHYAY ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Jitendra Shankar Singh, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Priya Shrestha, Spl. P.P. ------ 02/ 26.05.2026 Heard Mr. Jitendra Shankar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Spl. P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Lohardaga P.S. Case No.42 of 2026. 3. It has been alleged that the petitioner had confronted the informant and demanded an extortion money of Rs.10 lakhs and had also threatened him with dire consequences. It has further been alleged that on the night of the incident, some derogatory remarks were made in the WhatsApp group by the petitioner, damaging the image of the informant. 4. Submission has been advanced by learned counsel for the petitioner that the WhatsApp message would reveal that the same was on account of a political rivalry, as the wife of the petitioner was an elected Ward Counsellor in the Municipality, while the informant is a Contractor in the said Municipality. Learned counsel submits that although the impugned order reveals about six criminal antecedents of the petitioner but in all the cases, he 2026:JHHC:15404 2 has been acquitted by the concerned trial court. 5. Learned Spl. P.P. for the State has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner. 6. The WhatsApp chat does not reveal of raising any demand of extortion money, rather the same appears to be the outcome of the political rivalry between the wife of the petitioner and the informant. Moreover, the petitioner has already been acquitted in all the criminal cases instituted against him. 7. Regard being had to the aforesaid facts; I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 8. Accordingly, the petitioner above named, is directed to surrender in the Court below within four weeks and pray for bail, and in that event, he shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand), with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lohardaga, in connection with Lohardaga P.S. Case No.42 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. 9. This Anticipatory Bail Application stands allowed. (Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J.) 26th May, 2026 Prashant. Cp-3 Uploaded on 27.05.2026