( 2026:JHHC:19322 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Cr. Revision No. 152 of 2026 --- Sagar Kumar @ Sagar Bharti --- Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand --- --- Opp. Party --- CORAM: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay --- For the Petitioner : Mr. Manish Yadav, Adv. For the State : A.P.P. --- 05/02.07.2026 Heard Mr. Manish Yadav, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. 2. This application is directed against the order dated 26.09.2025 passed by the learned Special Judge, Child Act Cases cum Additional Sessions Judge-I, Chatra in Criminal Appeal No. 49/2025 whereby and whereunder the order dated 05.08.2025 passed by the learned Principal Magistrate, Juvenile Justice Board, Chatra in connection with M.C.A. No. 2148/2025 rejecting the prayer for bail of the petitioner has been affirmed. 3. It has been alleged that the daughter of the informant was enticed away by the accused persons. 4. Submission has been advanced by the learned counsel for the petitioner that there was a love affair between the petitioner and the victim for the last one year prior to the incident. Learned counsel submits that the petitioner is said to have enticed away the victim on 07.03.2025 and the victim was recovered from the custody of the petitioner by the Police on 05.06.2025. It has been submitted that both the petitioner and the victim had gone to Punjab and the entire allegations clearly reveal that there was a love affair between the petitioner and the victim. Learned counsel adds that the petitioner is in remand home since 05.06.2025. 5. Learned A.P.P has opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner and has submitted that in the 183 BNSS statement of the victim she has categorically deposed as to the manner in which she was abducted by the petitioner. 2 6. The 183 BNSS statement of the victim has been produced by the learned A.P.P. pursuant to the order dated 08.05.2026 and perusal of the same reveals that though there is an allegation of the petitioner abducting the victim but at the same time it seems that both were going towards Chatra where they were apprehended by the Police at Pratappur. The tenor of the 183 BNSS statement and the surrounding circumstances do reveal that there was a love affair between the petitioner and the victim which resulted in both of them going to Punjab where they were working and while returning they were subsequently apprehended by the Police. 7. On consideration of the aforesaid facts, the order dated 05.08.2025 passed by the learned Principal Magistrate, Juvenile Justice Board, Chatra in connection with M.C.A. No. 2148/2025 and the order dated 26.09.2025 passed by the learned Special Judge, Child Act Cases cum Additional Sessions Judge-I, Chatra in Criminal Appeal No. 49/2025 are hereby set aside. The petitioner is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand)s with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Principal Magistrate, Juvenile Justice Board, Chatra in connection with M.C.A. No. 2148/2025, subject to the condition that the uncle of the petitioner, who is the Pairvikar, shall take care of the welfare of the petitioner and shall not allow him to mix with antisocial elements. 8. This revision application stands allowed. 9. Let the 183 BNSS statement submitted at the Bar by the learned A.P.P be kept on record. (Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J.) Shamim/ Uploaded on : 06 /07/2026