2026:JHHC:13528 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 3160 of 2026 Mina Devi, D/o Late Yamuna Singh … … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … … Opp. Party --- CORAM: HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANUBHA RAWAT CHOUDHARY --- For the Petitioner : Ms. Nivedita Kundu, Advocate For the Opp. Party : Mr. Shashi Kumar Verma, Advocate --- 03/6th May 2026 1. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody in connection with Khunti P.S. Case No. 230/2025 [POCSO Case No. 02/2026] for the offence registered under Sections 137(2), 142, 127, 87 of BNS, now said to have been pending in the court of learned D.A.S.J. 1st, Khunti. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody since 15.12.2025 having no criminal antecedent and the charge-sheet has already been submitted. She submits that the petitioner is not named in the FIR and the entire allegation is against the co-accused with whom the victim had gone. The only allegation against the petitioner is that the victim had stayed for one night in the house of the petitioner and had used her phone. 3. The learned counsel for the opposite party has opposed the prayer for bail and has submitted that the victim was ultimately recovered from the house of the petitioner upon a call received from the mobile of the petitioner. However, he does not dispute the aforesaid submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner. 4. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and upon going through the statement of the victim recorded under Section 183 of BNSS, this Court finds that the victim has stated that the victim had left home 2026:JHHC:13528 2 with the co-accused voluntarily and then for one night she stayed in the house of the petitioner and used the phone of the petitioner. 5. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances and the fact that the charge-sheet has already been submitted and that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent, the petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rs. Twenty-Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned D.A.S.J. 1st, Khunti in connection with Khunti P.S. Case No. 230/2025, subject to the following conditions: - (i) One of the bailors would be the present pairvikar of the petitioner. (ii) The other bailor should be her close relative. (iii) The petitioner will attend the court on each and every date and on account of her single default, the learned court shall cancel the bail bond furnished by the petitioner. (iv) The petitioner would deposit a self-attested copy of her Aadhar Card along with her Mobile Number before the learned court below, which she shall not change during the pendency of the case without prior permission of the court. (v) The petitioner shall fully co-operate with the proceedings before the learned court below. 6. The instant bail application is allowed with the aforesaid conditions. 7. Let a copy of this order along with a copy of the affidavit filed with the bail petition be communicated to the court concerned through ‘e- mail/FAX’. (Anubha Rawat Choudhary, J.) Dated: 06.05.2026 Uploaded On: 09.05.2026 Mukul/-