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2025 DAILYLAW 18580 (JHR)

PAWAN KUMAR v. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND

B.A./6094/2025 · 2025-09-02

Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi

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2025:JHHC:26555 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI B.A. No. 6094 of 2025 ---- Pawan Kumar aged 20 years son of Shivkumar Vishwakarma r/o Village Chama PO Peska PS Meral and Dist.Garhwa.... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Divyansh Krishna, Advocate For the State :- Mr. P.K. Mishra, Advocate ---- 4/02.09.2025 Heard learned counsels for petitioner and for State. 2. The present application has been filed for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in connection with Spl.POCSO Case No.07 of 2025 arising out of Chandwa PS Case No.21 of 2025 registered for offence under sections 64(2)(m)/77 of BNS, 2023, cognizance has been taken under section 64(2) of BNS and section 4 of POCSO Act, section 8 of POCSO Act, pending in the court of learned Special Judge, POCSO, Latehar. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that relationship has been developed between the petitioner and the informant and informant has also gone along with the petitioner on her own will to Tamilnadu. He submits that even now marriage of victim has been fixed with another boy. He submits that petitioner is earning his livelihood by doing labour work and the petitioner is in custody since 25.1.2025. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that petitioner has taken girl to Tamilnadu and seeing the nature of allegation bail may kindly be rejected. 5. Considering that petitioner is in custody since 25.1.2025 and from FIR it transpires that girl has gone on her own will to Tamilnadu and now marriage of girl is fixed with another boy, I am inclined to grant regular bail to petitioner. 6. In the attending facts and circumstances, the petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to satisfaction of learned Special Judge, POCSO, Latehar, in connection with POCSO Case no.07 of 2025. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) SI/