2025:JHHC:11756 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2436 of 2025 ----- Pratima Murmu, D/o Chudarka Murmu @ Churka Murmu, R/o Village- Hijari, P.O. Kamaldori, P.S. Bowrijore, Dist Godda, Jharkhand .... Petitioner(s). Versus The State of Jharkhand … Opp. Party(s). ------ CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J. ------ For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Ranjit Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Prabhu Dayal Agrawal, A.P.P. …...... 03/ 21.04.2025: Heard, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. This is an application filed by the petitioner praying for grant of anticipatory bail in terms of Sections 482 and 484 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 apprehending his arrest for the offences under Sections 341, 323, 376(2)(n), 504, 506 of IPC, Sections 6 of POCSO Act and Section 67 of I.T. Act. 3. From the impugned order and material on record, I find that the allegation is that the informant who is aged about 16 years was forcibly taken by the brother-in-law of this petitioner and they spent night at some place. It is alleged that the said offender namely, Benedik Soren has taken obscene photograph of the victim girt. The allegation against this petitioner that she watched those obscene photographs and thereafter called the victim and slapped her and assaulted. 4. Considering the nature of allegation against this petitioner and the fact that the petitioner is a lady and there is nothing to suggest that the petitioner had supported Benedik Soren who is the main accused in commission of the offence, I am inclined to allow this anticipatory bail application to the petitioner. 5. Accordingly, this Anticipatory Bail Application stands allowed. 2025:JHHC:11756 The petitioner, above named, is directed to surrender before the learned Court below within four weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order and on the event of his surrender or arrest, he shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rs. Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional District & Sessions Judge-I-cum- Special Judge (POCSO), Godda in connection with Lalmatia P.S. Case No.47 of 2023 subject to the condition that one of the bailers should be a close relative of the petitioner and other should be a resident of State of Jharkhand, having sufficient landed property in her name or in the name of her ancestors in which she is having share and to that effect, she has to file an affidavit before the Trial Court indicating her share in the property. (ANANDA SEN, J.) R.S./