IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 417 of 2025 ------- Vimal Kumar Pathak @ Vimal Pathak, aged about 34 years, son of Janardhan Pathak, resident of Flat No.402, Block-1, Sector-2, Khelgaon Housing Complex, P.O. & P.S. Khelgaon, District Ranchi, Jharkhand. …... …. Petitioner(s) Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. …. Opp. Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMBUJ NATH -------- For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Rahul Pandey, Advocate For the State : Mr. Ajay Kr. Pathak, A.P.P. -------- 03/ Dated 12.03.2025 Heard the parties. The petitioner has been made accused in connection with Khelgaon P.S. Case No. 29 of 2024, for the offence registered under Sections 313, 328 and 376(2)(n) of the Indian Penal Code, pending in the court of Sri D. N. Shukla, learned JMFC, Ranchi. On 13.04.2023, the petitioner went to the house of the informant, drugged her and raped her. Attention has been drawn towards paragraph-76 of the case diary, in which, it has been mentioned that the petitioner and the informant had gone to Hotel Mercury Residency, Lalpur, prior to the occurrence and stayed together. In view of the aforesaid fact, I am inclined to release the petitioner, on bail. Accordingly, the petitioner, named above, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of Sri D. N. Shukla, learned JMFC, Ranchi, or his successor, in connection with Khelgaon P.S. Case No. 29 of 2024. (Ambuj Nath, J.) BS/-