( 2025:JHHC:28079 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B. A. No. 7881 of 2025 Khurshid Alam, aged about 35 years, son of Afjal Hussain, resident of Village- Donia, P.O. & P.S.- Birni, District- Giridih. …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand …. Opp. Party ------ CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMBUJ NATH ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Gautam Kumar Pandey, Advocate For the Opp. Party : Mr. Ajay Kumar Pathak, A.P.P. ----- 2/ 15.09.2025 Heard the parties. 2. Petitioner has been made accused in connection with Lohsinghna P.S. Case No. 26 of 2025 for the offences registered under Sections 376, 379, 323, 341/34 of the Indian Penal Code, pending in the Court of Ms. Avanika Gautam, learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hazaribagh. 3. On the pretext of marriage, the petitioner is alleged to have established consensual physical relationship with the prosecutrix, who is a major lady. 4. It was submitted that the prosecutrix was married from before and as such, there was no occasion for the petitioner to marry her. 5. In view of the submission made above, I am inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. Accordingly, the petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of Ms. Avanika Gautam, learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hazaribagh, or her successor, in connection with Lohsinghna P.S. Case No. 26 of 2025. (Ambuj Nath, J.) R.Kr.