( 2025:JHHC:12818 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No.3198 of 2025 ------ Maksud Ansari aged about 41 years S/o Najir Miyan, r/o village- Onkari, P.O.-Bagrudih, P.S.-Karmatar, District-Jamtara. .... .... …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party ------ CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Nityanand Prasad, Advocate For the State : Mr. Shashi Kr. Verma, Addl.P.P ------ Order No.02 Dated- 29-04-2025 Heard the parties. The petitioner has been made accused in connection with Karmatanr P.S. Case No.106 of 2024 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 115(2), 126(2), 64, 351(2)(3), 3(5) of the B.N.S., 2023. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the allegation against the petitioner is that the petitioner has committed rape upon the informant- victim. It is submitted that the allegation against the petitioner is false. It is next submitted that there is an inordinate and unexplained delay of 19 days in lodging the FIR. It is next submitted, drawing attention of this Court to Annexure-2, which is copy of the certified copy of the FIR of Karmatanr P.S. Case No.96 of 2024, that the daughter of the petitioner first instituted the said case involving the offences punishable under Section 376(2)(n) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 4 and 8 of the POCSO Act against the son of the informant and as a counterblast, this false case has been foisted. It is then submitted that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent as has been mentioned in para-09 of this bail application. It is then submitted that the petitioner undertakes that he will co-operate with the trial of the case and will not annoy or disturb the informant and witnesses of the case during the pendency of the case. It is lastly submitted that the petitioner has been in custody since 17.01.2025 as is evident from para-10 of the instant bail application. Hence it is submitted that the petitioner be released on bail. Learned Addl.P.P. opposes the prayer for bail. Considering the facts of this case, the above-named petitioner is directed to be enlarged 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 C.J.M., Jamtara in connection with Karmatanr P.S. Case No.106 of 2024 with the condition that he will co-operate with the trial of the case and furnish his mobile number and photocopy of the Aadhar Card in the court below with an undertaking that he will not change his mobile number and will not annoy or disturb the informant and witnesses of the case during the trial of the case. (Anil Kumar Choudhary, J.) Abhiraj/