( 2026:JHHC:16 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 7481 of 2025 Ayush Ranjan, aged about 23 years, son of Dinesh Kumar Singh, resident of Saket Vihar, Harmu Housing Colony, P.O. Harmu, P.S. Argora, District-Ranchi, Jharkhand ...... … Petitioner Versus 1.The State of Jharkhand 2. Md. Shoheb, son of Md. Jawed, resident of Khan Road, Khirgaon, PO – Hazaribagh, PS – Sadar, District – Hazaribagh, Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Parties -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Gaurav Priyadarshi, Advocate Ms. Twinkle Rani, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Bandana Sinha, A.P.P. 02/ 05.01.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Katkamdag P.S. Case No.102 of 2025, for the alleged offences registered under Sections 109, 115(2), 117(2), 126(2), 137(2), 189(2), 303(2), 308(5), 351(2) and 352 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 27 of Arms Act, 1959 pending in the Court of learned J.M.F.C., Hazaribagh. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a practicing Advocate of this Court. He further submits that the petitioner has entered into an agreement for purchase of land with Piyush Pandey who is owner of the said land. He further submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case by the informant. He then submits that the land in question belongs Piyush Pandey and Register II is in the name of ancestor of Piyush Pandey. He next submits that false allegations are made of extortion against the petitioner, who happens to be a practicing Advocate of this Court. He further submits that co-accused Piyush Pandey has been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No. 6047 of 2025. ( 2026:JHHC:16 ) 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer and submits that the allegations are there against the petitioner of extortion. 5. Considering that the petitioner has entered into an agreement for purchase of land with Piyush Pandey who is owner of the said land and the land in question is recorded in the name of ancestor of Piyush Pandey in Register-II and the said Piyush Pandey has already been granted anticipatory bail in the aforesaid A.B.A. 6. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to provide anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the petitioner, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today, and in the event of his surrender/arrest, the petitioner, above named, shall be released 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.F.C., Hazaribagh in connection with Katkamdag P.S. Case No.102 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Dt.05.01.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-