RANCHI, India, July 24 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on June 24:

This anticipatory bail application under Section(s) 482 and 484 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, has been preferred by the petitioner apprehending his arrest for offences registered under Section(s) 341, 323, 385, 386, 504, 506/34 IPC.

Heard the parties at length and had gone through the documents, annexed along with this application.

Opportunity was given to the State to oppose the bail, which the State availed and opposed.

It is alleged that this petition along with Sushil Kr. Soni had stopped the vehicle of the informant and demanded money by way of extortion.

Counsel for the petitioner submits that Sushil Kr. Soni is the...