( 2025:JHHC:33023 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B. A. No. 7695 of 2025 Deepak Kumar Das, aged about 20 years, son of Bhuwan Das, resident of Village- Nawadih, P.O. & P.S.- Chitra, District- Deoghar. …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand …. Opp. Party ------ CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMBUJ NATH ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. A.K. Kashyap, Sr. Advocate Mr. Anurag Kashyap, Advocate For the State : Mr. Manoj Kumar Mishra, A.P.P. For the Informant : Mr. Anup Kumar Agarwal, Advocate ----- 3/ 04.11.2025 Heard the parties. 2. Petitioner has been made accused in connection with Chitra P.S. Case No. 32 of 2025 for the offences registered under Section 69 of the B.N.S., 2023 and Sections 4 and 6 of the POCSO Act, pending in the Court of learned Additional Sessions Judge-III-cum-POCSO Special Court, Deoghar. 3. The petitioner is alleged to have established consensual physical relationship with the daughter of the informant on the pretext of marriage. The age of the victim is stated to be 14 years. 4. From paragraph-49 of the case diary, it appears that the victim has appeared in the matriculation examination and her date of birth, as per admit card has been stated to be 01.01.2011. 5. Considering the nature of allegation, I am not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. Accordingly, his prayer for bail is rejected. (Ambuj Nath, J.) R.Kr. 04.11.2025