( 2026:JHHC:18302 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 2162 of 2026 Manju Maraiya, aged about 36 years, daughter of Badhka Madaiya, resident of H. No. RZ-E-40, Third Floor Nihal Vihar, Nangloi, P.O. and P.S. Nangloi, District-West Delhi (India) Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Gautam Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Prabir Kr. Chatterjee, Spl.P.P. 02/ 23.06.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in connection with Ranga P.S. Case No. 49 of 2025 registered under sections 363, 376 of the I.P.C and under section 6 of POCSO Act and 81 of Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 pending in the Court of learned Special Judge POCSO Act, Sahibganj. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case. He next submits that initially Zero F.I.R has been registered and subsequently it was transferred in the District of Sahibganj and thereafter the present case has been registered. He next submits that statement of victim under section 183 of BNSS along with Zero F.I.R was also transferred in which the victim has not stated anything against the petitioner. He submits that the petitioner is also doing the work of maid and she is having no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 13 of the petition. 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 in the F.I.R the name of the petitioner is there and as such involvement of the petitioner can not be ruled out. 5. In the statement under section 183 of BNSS the victim has not ( 2026:JHHC:18302 ) stated anything against the petitioner rather she has stated that she was being kept properly in the house of Sikandar. Further petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 13 of the petition, 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 her 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 Special Judge POCSO Act, Sahibganj, in connection with Ranga P.S. Case No. 49 of 2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.23.06.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-