2026:JHHC:8673 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No.2525 of 2026 ----- Mrityunjay Yadav @ Mritunjay Yadav @ Mritunjay Kumar Yadav, son of Bhagwanlal Yadav @ Bhagwandev Prasad Yadav, resident of village Makri, PO and PS Bhawanathpur, District Gadhawa … Petitioner(s). Versus The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party(s). CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J. ------ For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Agnivesh, Advocate For the State : Mr. Satish Prasad, APP …...... 02 /26.03.2026: At 10:30 A.M. Office is directed to produce the statement of victim girl recorded under Section 183 of the BNSS at 12:30 P.M. Later on at 12:30 P.M. 2. The statement of victim girl recorded under Section 183 of the BNSS has been produced before this Court in the sealed cover. 3. This bail application has been filed by the petitioner under Sections 483 & 484 of BNSS, 2023 wherein, prayer has been made for grant of bail as he is in custody for allegedly committing offence punishable under Sections 137(2) and 96 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. 4. Heard, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the State, have also gone through the impugned order and the statement recorded under Section 183 of the BNSS. 5. Learned APP opposes the prayer for bail. 6. The allegation against the petitioner in the FIR is of abducting the minor daughter of the informant on the false 2026:JHHC:8673 2 pretext of marriage and established physical relationship with her. 7. Though the girl submits that she is 17 years, she stated that she knew this petitioner since the marriage of her elder sister as this petitioner was friend of her elder sister. She stated that she wanted to marry this petitioner but her mother fixed her marriage with someone else whom she did not want to marry. Thus, she left with this petitioner to Chhattisgarh. She stated that thereafter they married and entered in physical relationship. 8. Considering the statement of the girl, I am inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the petitioner, named above, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class at Ramgarh in connection with Patratu PS Case No. 228 of 2025 subject to the condition that one of the bailors should be a close relative of the petitioner, having sufficient landed property in his/her own name within the State of Jharkhand. 9. Accordingly, this bail application is allowed. 10. The photocopy of the statement of victim girl recorded under Section 183 of the BNSS, be sealed and kept on record. (ANANDA SEN, J.) 26.03.2026 Tanuj/CP-3 Uploaded on 30.03.2026