2026:JHHC:145 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 9443 of 2025 ------ Rajesh Ganjhu @ Bandhan Ganjhu, son of Janki Ganjhu, resident of Village Jhagarband (Bendi), P.O. Sultana, P.S. Katkamdag, District Hazaribagh .... .... …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opp. Party CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GAUTAM KUMAR CHOUDHARY For the Petitioner : Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State : Mr. Achinto Sen, A.P.P. ------ Order No.04 / Dated : 06.01.2026 Bail petition filed on behalf of the petitioner- Rajesh Ganjhu @ Bandhan Ganjhu, who is in custody since 13.08.2024 in connection with Keredari P.S. Case No. 36 of 2022 for the offence registered under Sections 385, 387/34 of the IPC and Section 27 of the Arms Act pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Hazaribag, is pressed into motion. As per the prosecution case set out in the FIR, unidentified armed miscreants came to the place of occurrence in order to terrorize the staff of L&T Construction Company Limited firing was resorted. The incidence was orchestrated to make extortionist demand. It is submitted by the learned counsel on behalf of petitioner that he is not named in the FIR and there is no material whatsoever to connect this petitioner to the said crime. His name has come-up on the basis of confessional statement of the co-accused, Bhagirath Mahto, who has been granted bail by the co-ordinate Bench of this Court. Learned A.P.P. opposed the bail petition. It is submitted that the petitioner is history sheeter having 13 criminal antecedents and extortionist demands were made from the construction Company. The only material against the petitioner appears to be confessional statement of the co-accused who has already been granted bail by the co-ordinate Bench of this Court. Under the circumstance the above named petitioner is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/-(Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Court below subject to the condition that one of the bailors should be income tax payee. (Gautam Kumar Choudhary, J.) Anit Uploaded 07.01.2026