1 2025:CGHC:7407 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 731 of 2025 1 - Ranjeet @ Ramjeet Rajbhar S/o Munna Rajbhar Aged About 19 Years R/o Mauja P.S. Pakdi District - Baliya ( U.P. ) ... Applicant versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Station House Officer Police Station Gobra Nawapara District - Raipur (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Shri Pushpendra Kumar Patel, Advocate For Respondent/State : Ms. Laxmin Kashypa, PL (Hon’ble Shri Justice Arvind Kumar Verma) Order on Board 10/02/2025 The applicant has filed this bail application under Section 483 of the Bhartiya Nagrrik Suraksha Sanhita for grant of regular bail as he is in custody in connection with Crime No. 516/2024 registered at police station Gobra Nawapara, District Raipur (CG) for the offence punishable under Sections 137(2), 87 and 64(2) of BNS and Section 4 & 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. SUGUNA DUBEY Digitally signed by SUGUNA DUBEY Date: 2025.02.13 12:04:39 +0530 2 2. Prosecution case in brief is that report was lodged by the mother of the prosecutrix alleging that her daughter is missing from her lawful guardianship and that the applicant had allured her on the pretext of marriage and committed rape on her. It is further alleged that the applicant refused to marry thereafter. During investigation, the prosecutrix was recovered from the custody of the applicant and he was arrested. 4. Counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the case. He submits that the prosecutrix was aged about 17 years, nine months and 23 days and was having love affair and they had got married. He further submits that the prosecutrix and her mother have not supported the case of prosecution. He submits that the applicant is in jail since 20.11.2024, the charge sheet has been filed and the trial is likely to take some time, he is ready and willing to comply with any of the conditions which may be imposed upon him and thus, it is submitted that the application be allowed and the applicant be released on bail. 5. Learned counsel for the respondent/State, on the other hand, has opposed the bail application and submits that as per the date of birth certificate, the prosecutrix was 14 years and 9 months at the time of incident. 6. Victim and her mother appeared through the concerned DLSA and have raised no objection. 7. Heard counsel for the parties and perused the record. 8. On due consideration of the rival submissions and the fact that the applicant is in jail since 20.11.2024, the charge sheet has been filed and looking to the fact that the material witnesses-prosecutrix and her mother have turned hostile and that the final disposal of the trial is likely to take 3 sufficiently long time, the present application deserves to be allowed. Accordingly, his bail application is allowed. 9. It is directed that in the event of applicant executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs. 10,000/- with one surety to the satisfaction of the concerned trial court, he shall be released on bail on the following conditions: (i) he shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement,threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such fact to the Court, (ii) he shall not act in any manner which will be prejudicial to fair and expeditious trial, and (iii) he shall appear before the trial Court on each and every date given to him by the said Court till disposal of the trial, (iv) he shall not involve himself in any offence of similar nature in future. Sd/- (Arvind Kumar Verma) Judge