Neutral Citation No. ( 2025:JHHC:26126 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 3463 of 2025 ------ Vijay Prasad @ Vijay Sahu, aged about 53 years, son of late Jamua Sahu, resident of vill-Kathal Kocha, Birsa Chowk, P.O. & P.S.-Doranda, District: Ranchi … … Petitioner -Versus - The State of Jharkhand ... … Opposite Party ------ CORAM: - HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMBUJ NATH ------ For the Petitioner : M/s. Pran Pranay, Advocate For the State : M/s. Santosh Kumar Shukla, A.P.P. ----- 03/29.08.2025 I.A. No. 8246 of 2025 Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to withdraw this Interlocutory Application. Prayer is allowed. Accordingly, this Interlocutory Application is dismissed as withdrawn. B.A. No. 3463 of 2025 Heard the parties 2. The petitioner has been made accused in connection with Sadar P.S. Case No. 532 of 2024 corresponding to POCSO Case No. 9 of 2025, for the offences registered under Section 8 of the POCSO Act and under Section 3(1)(w)(i) of the S.C./S.T. Act, 1989, but subsequently chargesheet has been submitted under Section 126(2) and 351(2) of the B.N.S., Section 8 of the POCSO Act and Section 3(1)(w)(i) of the S.C./S.T. Act, pending in the Court of learned Additional Judicial Commissioner-IV-cum-Special Judge, POCSO, Ranchi. 3. On 11.12.2024, at about 08:00 a.m., the petitioner is alleged to have sexually assaulted the minor daughter of the informant. 4. It was submitted that the petitioner has been made an accused due to previous enmity. 5. Considering the nature of allegation, I am not inclined to release the petitioner, on bail. Accordingly, his prayer for bail stands rejected at this stage. (Ambuj Nath, J.) Nandini/-