2026:JHHC:18173 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 5266 of 2026 Rajdev Kumar Ram aged about 29 years, Son of Kuleshwar Ram @ Sita Ram … … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … … Opposite Party --- CORAM :HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANUBHA RAWAT CHOUDHARY --- For the Petitioner : Mr. Jitendra Shankar Singh, Sr. Advocate : Ms. Shabina Perween, Advocate For the Opp. Party-State : Mr. Shree Prakash Jha, Advocate --- 02/22.06.2026 1. Heard the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the parties. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody since 26.04.2026 in connection with Balumath P.S. Case No. 51 of 2026, for the alleged offence registered under Sections 69 of BNS, 2026 pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Latehar. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the victim is major aged about 26 years and in the first information report itself she has stated that there was relationship between the petitioner and the victim with consent for last five years and on various occasions she has also stayed in the house of the petitioner and also travelled with the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner has further submitted that the allegation is that when the victim requested the petitioner for marriage, the petitioner refused. 4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the opposite party-State has opposed the prayer for bail. However, the aforesaid submissions which has been made by the learned counsel for the petitioner based on the first information report is not in dispute. 5. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and considering the fact that there has been consensual relationship between the petitioner and the victim for quite some time as it 2026:JHHC:18173 2 apparent from the first information report itself, the petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rs. Twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Latehar in connection with Balumath P.S. Case No. 51 of 2026 on the following conditions: (i) One of the bailors would be the present pairvikar of the petitioner. (ii) The other bailor should be his close relative. (iii) The petitioner will attend the court on each and every date and on account of his single default, the learned court shall cancel the bail bond furnished by the petitioner. (iv) The petitioner will deposit a self-attested copy of his Aadhar Card along with his mobile number before the learned court which he will not change during the pendency of the case without prior permission of the court. (v) The petitioner shall fully co-operate with the proceedings before the learned court below. 6. The instant bail application is allowed with the aforesaid conditions. 7. Let a copy of this order along with a copy of the affidavit filed with the bail petition be communicated to the court concerned through ‘FAX/E-mail’. (Anubha Rawat Choudhary, J.) 22.06.2026 Rakesh/- Uploaded on:-22.06.2026