IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 434 of 2025 ------ Karan Kumar Sah @ Karan Kumar, aged about 16 years, son of Fatguni Sah, resident of Ward No.5 Sundarmor, P.O.- Satouni Bazar, P.S.-Sundarpahari, Dist.-Godda … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ------ CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Sanjeev Thakur, Advocate For the State : Mr. Gautam Rakesh, Addl. P.P. ------ Order No.02 Dated- 24.01.2025 Heard the parties. Apprehending his arrest, the petitioner has moved this Court for grant of privilege of anticipatory bail in connection with Sundarpahari P.S. Case No.39 of 2024 registered under sections 75(2)/78(1)/79/351(3) of the B.N.S., 2023 and under Section 12 of POCSO Act. The Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the allegation against the petitioner is that the petitioner being a student of the same school as that of the victim girl; the petitioner pressurized the victim girl to marry her and to have physical relationship with him and when the victim objected to the same, the petitioner threatened to kill her. It is further submitted that the allegations against the petitioner are all false and the petitioner is a juvenile. It is next submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner drawing attention of this Court to Annexure-2 at page no.18 of the brief, that the matter has been settled by way of panchayati with intervention of Mukhiya of Karmatand panchayat under Sunderpahari block in the District of Godda. It is next submitted that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent as has been mentioned in paragraph no. 10 of the anticipatory bail application. It is then submitted that the petitioner undertakes to cooperate with the investigation of the case and further undertakes that he will not annoy or disturb the informant, her daughter or any of their family members in any manner during the pendency of the case. Hence, it is submitted that the petitioner be given the privilege of anticipatory bail. Learned Addl. P.P. opposes the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail. Considering the submissions of the counsels and the fact as discussed above, I am of the opinion that it is a fit case where the abovenamed petitioner be given the privilege of anticipatory bail. Hence, in the event of his arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks from the date of this order, he shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge (POCSO), Godda, in connection with Sundarpahari P.S. Case No.39 of 2024 with the condition that the petitioner will co-operate with the investigation of the case and appear before the investigating officer as and when noticed by him and furnish his mobile number and photocopy of the Aadhar Card with an undertaking that he will not change his mobile number during the pendency of the case with further condition that he will not annoy or disturb the informant, her daughter or any of their family members in any manner during the pendency of the case and further conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Anil Kumar Choudhary, J.) Sonu/Gunjan-