2026:JHHC:16964 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3039 of 2026 ------ Nitiesh Singh @ Nitesh Kumar, aged about 20 years, son of Pappu Singh, resident of Village Baradbada, P.O. and P.S. Hanwara, District Godda .... .... …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner : Mr. S.P. Roy, Advocate For the State : Ms. Mohua Palit, A.P.P. ------ 02/12.06.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Hanwara P.S. Case No. 12 of 2026, registered for the offence under Sections 87 and 3(5) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Godda. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that false allegation has been made against the petitioner of kidnapping the daughter of the informant. He submits that the petitioner and daughter of the informant were friend and she has gone along with the petitioner to Bangalore on her own volition. He also submits that both are major and in her statement under Section 183 of the BNSS, the victim girl has stated that she has gone voluntarily and when the kidnapping case has been lodged by the father, she has returned back in the house of parents. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer and submits that the allegation of kidnapping is there. 5. Considering that in the FIR age of the victim girl is said to be 19 years which clearly suggests that she was major and in her statement under Section 183 of the BNSS, she has admitted that she has gone voluntarily along with the petitioner to Bangalore and when it has come to her knowledge that her father has lodged kidnapping case, thereafter, she returned in the house of parents, in the attending facts and circumstances, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 2026:JHHC:16964 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned court within two weeks from today and in the event of his arrest or surrender, he shall be enlarged 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 learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Godda, in connection with Hanwara P.S. Case No. 12 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Anit Uploaded 16.06.2026