2026:JHHC:13708 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2148 of 2026 ------ 1. Abhishek Singh @ Aditya Kr. Singh @ Abhishek Kr. Singh, son of Parsuram Singh 2. Krishna Singh @ Krishna Kr. Singh, son of Balram Singh 3. Balram Singh, son of Mathura Singh 4. Ramanand Singh, son of Balram Singh All are residents of Village Biyahi, P.O. and P.S. Rikhiya, District Deoghar .... .... …. Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners : Mr. Arvind Kumar Choudhary, Advocate For the State : Mr. Sanat Kumar Jha, A.P.P. ------ 02/07.05.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Rikhiya P.S. Case No. 209 of 2024, registered for the offence under Sections 137(2), 96 and 3(5) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Deoghar. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have been falsely implicated in the case and the girl has gone on her own sweet will along with petitioner no.2- Krishna Singh. On this ground, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State has opposes the prayer and submits that allegations are there against Krishna Singh of taking away the girl to Surat in the State of Gujarat. 5. In the order of learned Sessions Judge, it has come that in para 52 of the case diary, victim girl has stated that petitioner nos.1 and 2 have taken the girl to Surat in the State of Gujarat and thereafter, established physical relationship without her will. In view of that, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner nos.1 and 2. 6. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of petitioner nos.1 and 2 is hereby, rejected. 2026:JHHC:13708 7. So far petitioner nos.3 and 4 are concerned, they are said to be family members of petitioner nos.1 and 2 and there are general and omnibus allegation against them, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner nos.3 and 4. 8. Accordingly, the petitioner nos.3 and 4 are directed to surrender before the learned Court within two weeks from today and in the event of their arrest or surrender, they shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Deoghar, in connection with Rikhiya P.S. Case No. 209 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Anit Uploaded 11.05.2026