2026:JHHC:6801 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 1503 of 2026 Chhotelal Pandey, Son of Mridual Pandey, aged about – 19 years, resident of village- Chandwara, P.O.- & P.S.- Chandwara and District- Koderma … … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … … Opposite Party --- CORAM :HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANUBHA RAWAT CHOUDHARY --- For the Petitioner : Mr. Diwakar Jha, Advocate For the Opp. Party : Mr. Sanjay Kr. Srivastava, APP --- 05/13.03.2026 Heard the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the parties. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody since 12.06.2025 in connection with Chandwara P.S. Case No. 47 of 2025 (S.T. No. 75 of 2025), registered under Sections 64(2)/108 of BNS, 2023 and section 6 of POCSO Act, now pending in the court of learned Additional Sessions Judge-II, Koderma. 3. The bail application of the petitioner has been recently rejected by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 14.11.2025 passed in Filing B.A. No. 9878 of 2025. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the family members of the victim had assaulted her and they have also been made accused in this case. He submits that their anticipatory bail petition was rejected by the learned court on 19.09.2025 and thereafter, their anticipatory bail application has also been rejected by this Court. 5. Learned counsel for the opposite party- State, on the other hand, has opposed the prayer for bail. 6. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties, this Court finds that there is direct allegation against the petitioner that he had gone to the house of the informant and she was raped by the petitioner two to three times. Considering the fact that the bail application of the petitioner has been rejected by co-ordinate Bench of this Court, this Court is not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail and hence, this 2026:JHHC:6801 2 bail application is rejected. 7. Let a copy of this order be communicated to the learned court concerned through “FAX/email”. (Anubha Rawat Choudhary, J.) Date of Order:13.03.2026 Pankaj Date of Uploading:13.03.2026