[ 2026:JHHC:19937] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3665 of 2026 Ashish Kumar, aged about 26, S/o Udesh Ram, Resident of Village- Khajuri Tika, P.O.- Khajuri P.S.- Tandwa, Dist.- Aurangabad, Bihar. ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Aman Kumar, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Tarun Kumr, A.P.P. ------ 06/ 07.07.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Pipra P.S. Case No. 53 of 2025, registered for the offence under Sections 69, 352, 351(2) and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Palamau at Daltonganj. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case on the allegation that he has established the relationship with the informant on the pretext of marriage. He next submits that the informant is a major and what has happened that is consensual in nature. He then submits that the informant and the petitioner have met on 25.05.2024, wherein the FIR has been lodged on 31.10.2025. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be provided to the petitioner. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of establishing the relationship on the false pretext of marriage. On these grounds, he [ 2026:JHHC:19937] -2- submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. 5. In the FIR, it has been alleged that on 25.05.2024, for the first time, they have met and established the relationship. In the FIR itself, it has been stated that the informant has stayed in the house of the informant for 42 days, prima facie, it appears what has happened that was consensual. 6. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 7. Accordingly, the above-named petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today and in the event of his arrest or surrender, he shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Palamau at Daltonganj, in connection with Pipra P.S. Case No. 53 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-07.07.2026 Amitesh/-