( 2026:JHHC:19042 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 5915 of 2026 Vinod Kumar @ Vinod Kumar Tanti … … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … … Opp. Party --- CORAM :HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANUBHA RAWAT CHOUDHARY --- For the Petitioner : Mr. Lukesh Kumar, Advocate For the Opp. Party : Mr. Shashi Kumar Verma, A.P.P. --- 02/30.06.2026 Heard the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the parties. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody in connection with Tundi P.S. Case No. 170 of 2026, for the offences registered under Section 96 of the B.N.S. 2023, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, Dhanbad. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is 20 years of age and is in custody since 16.04.2026. Charge sheet has been submitted in this case. He has referred to the impugned order and has submitted that statement of the victim has been duly discussed in paragraph no. 6 of the impugned judgment which itself indicates that the victim claimed to be 17 years of age, had eloped with the petitioner and she performed marriage with the petitioner and thereafter she came back home. 4. Learned counsel for the opposite party-State has opposed the prayer for bail, however the submissions made by the counsel for the petitioner has not been disputed. 5. To this, the learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that charge has been framed under Section 87 of the BNS read with Section 6 of the POCSO Act. 6. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and considering the statement of the victim as discussed in the impugned order, there appears to be love affair between the petitioner and the victim, the petitioner above named is directed to be enlarged on bail on his furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rs. Twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned 2 Judicial Magistrate, Dhanbad, in connection with Tundi P.S. Case No. 170 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. 7. Let this order along with a copy of the affidavit filed with the bail petition be communicated to the court concerned through FAX/e- mail. 8. The instant bail application is allowed with the aforesaid conditions. (Anubha Rawat Choudhary, J.) Dated: 30.06.2026 Uploaded on:01.07.2026 Binit/