2026:JHHC:8859 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 492 of 2026 ----- Afridi Raza @ Afridi Siddiqui, S/o Piyare Hassan, R/o Quamer Makdoomi Road, Niche Mohalla, Near Masjid, P.O. & P.S. Bankmore, District Dhanbad .... Petitioner(s). Versus The State of Jharkhand … Opp. Party(s). ------ CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J. ------ For the Petitioner(s) : Ms. Talat Parween, Advocate For the State : Mr. Rakesh Kumar Sinha, AddI. P.P. …...... 04/ 30.03.2026: This bail application has been filed by the petitioner 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 111(4), 317(5) and 61(2) Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 25(1-B)(a), 26(2) and 35 of the Arms Act. 2. Heard, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the State and have also gone through the impugned order. 3. Learned AddI. P.P. opposes the prayer for bail. 4. Prosecution case is that the police got information that the gang of Prince Khan and Saifi @ Major was planning to commit crime. A motorcycle coming from Tetulmari was signaled to stopped. The riders attempted to flee, but he was apprehended while the pillion rider escaped. The rider revealed the name of the pillion rider and disclosed that both of them are working for Prince Khan and involved in threatening businessmen and extorting money. 5. Though the petitioner is named in the confessional statement of the co-accused, but that except this case there are five other criminal cases pending against this petitioner, which are as under:- 1.Bankmore P.S. case No.138 of 2023, dated 18.06.2023, Sections 385/386/387/504/506/120B/34 of IPC and 34/25(1-B)/26/35 of the Arms Act. 2. Bankmore P.S. case No.108 of 2022, dated 08.05.2022, Sections 341/385/387/504/506/120B of IPC and 27 of the Arms Act. 3. Bankmore P.S. case No.211 of 2023, dated 05.09.2023, Sections 411/120B of IPC and 25(1-B)A/26/35 of the Arms Act. 4. Bankmore P.S. case No.71 of 2022, dated 29.03.2022, Sections 307/387/427/120B of IPC and 27 of the Arms Act. 5. Rajganj P.S. case No. 80 of 2025, dated 10.09.2025, Sections 308(4)/308(5)/109/351(2)/352/61(2)/111/3(5) of BNS and 27 of the Arms Act. 6. Considering the aforesaid fact, at this stage, I am not inclined to grant privilege of bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner in connection with Rajganj P.S. Case No.87 of 2025, pending in the Court of learned C.J.M., Dhanbad, stands rejected. 7. Accordingly, this bail application is dismissed. (ANANDA SEN, J.) 30th March, 2026 R.S./ Uploaded on 01/04/2026