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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 9683 of 2024 Shiv Shankar Kumar son of Sukhdeo Prasad Mehta, aged about 27 years, Resident of Village- Dangi, P.O. & P.S.- Ichak, Dist.- Hazaribag … … Petitioner - Versus - The State of Jharkhand ... … Opposite Party ------ CORAM: - HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMBUJ NATH
----- For the Petitioner: M/s. Shailendra Jit, Advocate For the State : M/s. V. S. Sahay, A.P.P --- 04/23.01.2025 Heard the Parties. Petitioner has been made an accused in connection with Ichak P.S. Case No. 107/2024, registered under sections 64, 308, 303 of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) and Sections 4/6 of POCSO Act, pending in the Court of learned Addl. Sessions Judge- III -Cum- Special Judge, POCSO Act, Hazaribag. On 12.08.2024, at about 9:30 pm, the petitioner took the victim to an isolated place and on knife point, he raped her. Learned lawyer for the petitioner submitted that the FIR has been registered after five days. It was further submitted that the victim has been medically examined but the medical report does not support the allegation.
Regard being had to the facts and circumstance of the case; I am not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. Accordingly, his prayer for bail is hereby rejected.
(Ambuj Nath, J.) Saurabh uploaded