2025:JHHC:12296 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 5260 of 2024 Amit Kumar @ Chhotu Kumar, son of Vishwanath Gupta, resident of village Mansoorganj, Nakhas Par Patna City, P.O and P.S. Begumpur, District- Patna, Bihar. ..Petitioner(s). Versus The State of Jharkhand … Opp. Party(s). ------ CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J. ------ For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Krishna Prajapati, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Suraj Deo Munda, A.P.P. …..... 06/24.04.2025 This is an application filed by the petitioner praying for grant of anticipatory bail in terms of Sections 482 and 484 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, as the petitioner has been allegedly implicated in a criminal case registered under Section(s) 366A IPC and 8/12 of POCSO Act. Heard learned counsel for 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 in the FIR that the daughter of the informant, aged about 14 years, as per Aadhar, was kidnapped by this petitioner, aged about 18-19 years. The Statement of the girl was recorded under Section 164 Cr.P.C in which, she has never whispered any sexual assault. She admitted that there was love affair between them and she herself had gone to Patna. Considering the statement of the girl, recorded under Section 164 Cr.P.C, I am inclined to allow this anticipatory bail application. Accordingly, the petitioner, above named, is directed to surrender before the court below within four weeks from today and in the event of his surrender/arrest, the court below is directed to enlarge him on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned District and Addl. Sessions Judge-III-cum-Special Judge (POCSO Act), Bokaro in connection with Harla P.S. Case No. 22 of 2024, subject to condition that one of the bailers should be close relative of the petitioner and other should be a resident of State of Jharkhand, having sufficient landed property in his/her name or in the name of his/her ancestors in which he/she is having share and to that effect, he/she has to file an affidavit before the Trial Court indicating his/her share in the property. Anu/-C.P.-3 (ANANDA SEN, J.)