( 2026:JHHC:3794 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 774 of 2026 Saurabh Kumar @ Sourav Kumar, aged about 21 years, S/o Sanjeev Kumar Tanti, R/o Village- 131, Market Area 4, P.O. & P.S. Maithon, Dist.- Dhanbad, Jharkhand … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Mohit Prakash, Advocate For the State : Mr. Fahad Allam, A.P.P. ----- 04/12.02.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with C.I.D. Cyber P.S. Case No.58/2025, registered for the offence under Section 67(B) of I.T. Act and Section 14/15 of the POCSO Act, pending in the Court of the learned Additional Judicial Commissioner-II, Ranchi. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the name of the petitioner has come on suspicion and in the FIR, only allegation is made of watching and storing child pornography material. He further submits that the petitioner has also complied the notice under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. He next submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 10 of this application. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of watching child pornography. 5. In the FIR, only allegation is there of watching and storing child pornography material. The petitioner has already complied the notice issued under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and in that view of the matter, the petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned Court within two weeks from today and the learned Court shall release the petitioner on such terms and conditions as the learned Court may deem fit and proper. 6. Accordingly, this application is disposed of. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 12th February, 2026 Ajay/