IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 8314 of 2024 ------- Pinku Kumar Mandal, aged about 20 years, son of Parhalad Mandal, resident of village Barmasa, P.O. Sahara, P.S. Taljhari, District Dumka, Jharkhand. …... …. Petitioner(s) Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. …. Opp. Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMBUJ NATH -------- For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Anjani Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State : Mr. Saket Kumar, A.P. P. -------- 03/ Dated 08.01.2025 Heard the parties. The petitioner has been made accused in connection with Taljhari P.S. Case No. 18 of 2024, corresponding to Special POCSO Case No.35 of 2024, for the offence registered under Section 363 of the Indian Penal Code and thereafter, Sections 302/201 of the Indian Penal Code were added and the charge has been framed under Sections 364/376(2)/302/201 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 6 of the POCSO Act, pending in the court of learned Additional Sessions Judge-I, Dumka. On 25.04.2024, the daughter of the informant went missing. Her marriage was solemnized elsewhere. Petitioner was having affair with the daughter of the informant and subsequently, her dead body was recovered. During the course of investigation, petitioner was apprehended. He confessed his guilt and on his confession, one towel and rope which used in committing the murder of the deceased, were recovered. In view of the aforesaid fact, I am not inclined to release the petitioner, on bail. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is hereby rejected. (Ambuj Nath, J.) BS/-