2025:JHHC:17428 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 848 of 2025 Pradeep Kumar Singh, S/o Atwari Singh, R/o Village- Nawadih, P.O.- Dumma, P.S. Jamua, District- Giridih .... Petitioner(s). Versus 1.The State of Jharkhand 2.XXX … Opp. Party(s). …… CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J. ------ For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Ram Lakhan Yadav, Advocate For the State : Ms. Sushma Aind, AddI. P.P. …...... 05/ 01.07.2025: Heard, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. This anticipatory bail application under Sections 482 and 484 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Surksha Sanhita, 2023, has been preferred by the petitioner apprehending his arrest for offences under Sections 341, 376(2), (n)/ 506, 34 of IPC. 3. The learned APP opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. 4. Both the parties are major. 5. It is stated that the petitioner is the cousin of the sister-in-law of the victim. It is stated that this petitioner came to the house of the victim on day and finding her alone established sexual relationship. Thereafter, again repeated the same on the pretext of marriage. 6. Admittedly, the parties are major. It is also there in the impugned order that the informant requested for solemnization of the marriage, but the petitioner and others flatly denied the same. Further, the statement of the victim recorded under Section 164 of Cr.P.C. which is the part of the case diary suggest that the petitioner and the victim were in talking terms since last 2 to 3 years and they were regularly in touch on phone also and they met also on several occasion. This petitioner also allured the victim to flee with him. Further it is apparent that there was some talk of marriage going on, but the same did not materialized. 7. Considering the statement of the victim and the fact that both are major, since the marriage did not materialize, which resulted in this criminal case, I feel that this is a fit case for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 8. Accordingly, this Anticipatory Bail Application stands allowed. The petitioner, above named, is directed to surrender before the learned court below within four weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order and on the event of her surrender or arrest, she shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned J.M. 1st Class, Giridih, in connection with Hirodih P.S. Case No.91 of 2024, subject to the condition that one of the bailers should be a close relative of the petitioner and other should be a resident of State of Jharkhand, having sufficient landed property in his name or in the name of his ancestors in which he is having share and to that effect, he has to file an affidavit before the Trial Court indicating his share in the property. 9. The petitioner should cooperate and join investigation and appear before the Investigating Officer once in 15 days. (ANANDA SEN, J.) R.S./