2026:JHHC:3709 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 10772 of 2025 ------ Mithlesh Kumar Thakur, son of Mahendra Thakur, resident of Village Sabauna, P.O. and P.S. Rehla, District Palamau (Jharkhand) .... .... …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opp. Party CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GAUTAM KUMAR CHOUDHARY For the Petitioner : Mr. Ashok Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Santosh Kumar Shukla, A.P.P. ------ Order No.03 / Dated : 11.02.2026 Bail petition filed on behalf of the petitioner- Mithlesh Kumar Thakur, who is in custody since 23.08.2025 in connection with Rehla P.S. Case No. 73 of 2025 for the offence registered under Section 69 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Palamau, is pressed into motion. As per the FIR, the petitioner was stalking the prosecutrix, who was aged 17 years and on 25.07.2025, he committed rape with her in her home at night. Thereafter, he promised to marry her, but later repudiate the promise. It is submitted by the learned counsel on behalf of petitioner that victim girl was 17 years 09 months at the time of the incidence which took place one and half month before the institution of the case. At the time of lodging the case, she was nineteen years old. There is no explanation for delay in lodging the FIR by one month. Learned A.P.P. opposed the bail petition. Victim was a major at the time of lodging FIR, and there is delay of about one month in institution of the case. Under the circumstances, the above named petitioner is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/-(Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Court below. (Gautam Kumar Choudhary, J.) Anit Uploaded 12.02.2026