2026:JHHC:15588 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 4400 of 2026 ------ Sushil Oraon ... Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Jharkhand. 2. XXX ... Opp. Parties CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RONGON MUKHOPADHYAY ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Jitendra Shankar Singh, Advocate : Ms. Shabina Perween, Advocate For the State : A.P.P. ------ 02/Dated: 26th May, 2026 Heard Mr. Jitendra Shankar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP. The petitioner is an accused in connection with Latehar P.S. Case No. 33 of 2026. The petitioner is alleged to have established physical relationship with the informant on the pretext of marriage continuously for 8 years. During this period, twice the informant had become pregnant and her fetus was terminated. The informant had later on came to know that the petitioner has ultimately solemnized marriage with another woman. Submission has been advanced by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the informant is a major and both the petitioner and the informant had stayed together in a rented house for 08 years. Learned counsel submits that the petitioner is in custody since 25.02.2026 and the matter has been compromised between both the sides. 2026:JHHC:15588 Learned A.P.P. has opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner. Irrespective of the compromise so effected, the relationship between the petitioner and the informant for 8 years, who is a major lady, and staying together in a rented house for a considerable length of time implores this Court to grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the petitioner is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Latehar in connection with Latehar P.S. Case No. 33 of 2026. This application stands allowed. (Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J.) 26th May, 2026 Samarth Uploaded on ____ May, 2026