2026:JHHC:6240 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 12120 of 2025 ----- Md. Nishad @ Chhotu, S/o Late Md. Hussain, R/o Village- Belangi, P.O. and P.s. Khunti, Dist- Khunti .... Petitioner(s). Versus The State of Jharkhand … Opp. Party(s). ------ CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J. ------ For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Santosh Kr. Soni, Advocate For the State : Mr. V.S. Sahay, Spl. P.P. …...... 03/ 10.03.2026: This bail application has been filed under Sections 483 & 484 of BNSS, 2023 wherein, prayer has been made for grant of bail as he is in custody for allegedly committing offence punishable under Section 308(3) of BNS and Section 17 of C.L.A. Act. 2. Heard, learned counsel for the petitioner learned counsel for the State and have also gone through the impugned order. 3. Learned Spl. P.P. opposes the prayer for bail. 4. It is alleged that the informant runs a mobile shop, who found a sheet of PLFI kept in a plastic in his courtyard wherein a demand of one crore has been raised by one Rajesh Yadav claiming himself a sub- zonal commander of PLFI. Further on 16.08.2025, he received a call on mobile demanding the aforesaid amount. 5. Petitioner is not named in the FIR. 6. During course of argument it has been brought to the notice of this Court by the A.P.P. that two witnesses out of four witnesses have already been examined in this case. 7. Since the trial is in progress and two witnesses out of four witnesses have been examined, I am not inclined to grant privilege of bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner in connection with Khunti P.S Case No.173 of 2025, pending in the Court of learned C.J.M. at Khunti, stands rejected. 8. Accordingly, the instant bail application is dismissed. 9. It is expected that the Trial Court will conclude the trial within a period of four months from the date of receipt a copy of this order. (ANANDA SEN, J.) 10th March, 2026 R.S./ Uploaded on 11/03/2026