( 2026:JHHC:18080 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 3190 of 2026 Roshan Kumar Mandal, aged about 19 years, son of Radheysham Mandal, resident of village-Nawadih, P.O. Dighi, P.S. Saraiyahat, District Dumka, State-Jharkhand ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Pratik Sen, Advocate For the State : Mr. Manoj Kr. Mishra, A.P.P. 02/ 22.06.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Special POCSO Case No. 09 of 2025 arising out Saraiyahat P.S. Case No. 54 of 2025, registered under sections 351(2), 351(3), 74, 78 of BNS, 2023 and section 8 of POCSO Act, pending in the Court of learned Additional Sessions Judge-I-cum-Special Judge (POCSO), Dumka. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is not named in F.I.R and allegation of taking away the girl is against Nitesh Paswan and the said Nitesh Paswan has faced the trial in Spl. POCSO Case No. 09 of 2025 and he has been acquitted by judgment dated 29.01.2026. He submits that petitioner is only friend of Nitesh Paswan and P.W.3 who is victim of the case, has already been declared hostile. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioner may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that petitioner happens to be friend of main accused- Nitesh Paswan. 5. In the F.I.R, the petitioner is not named in F.I.R. The allegation of taking away the girl is against accused Nitesh Paswan who has faced the ( 2026:JHHC:18080 ) trial and has been acquitted by judgment dated 29.01.2026. In para 13 of the said judgment the P.W.3-victim has been examined and she has been declared hostile. 6. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the above named, petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of his surrender / arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Additional Sessions Judge-I-cum-Special Judge (POCSO), Dumka, in connection with Special POCSO Case No. 09 of 2025 arising out Saraiyahat P.S. Case No. 54 of 2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.22.06.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-