( 2026:JHHC:19966 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 5209 of 2026 Raj Pradhan, Son of Devnu Pradhan … … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … … Opp. Party --- CORAM :HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANUBHA RAWAT CHOUDHARY --- For the Petitioner : Mrs. Vandana Singh, Advocate For the Opp. Party : Mrs. Anuradha Sahay, A.P.P. For the Informant : Mr. Ranjan Kumar, Advocate --- 05/07.07.2026 Heard the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the parties. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody since 07.12.2025 in connection with Simdega (Mahila) P.S. Case No. 34 of 2025= POCSO No. 02/26 for the offences registered under Section 65(1) of the B.N.S. 2023 and sections 4 & 6 of the POCSO Act, pending in the court of learned Sessions Judge- cum-Spl. Judge (POCSO), Simdega. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the victim is alleged to have 15 years of age and the petitioner is aged 19 years. The petitioner is in custody since 07.12.2025 and charge has already been framed on 21.02.2026. The learned counsel for the petitioner has referred to the statement of the victim recorded under Section 183 BNSS and has submitted that the victim has stated that she is in love with the petitioner and wants to marry with him and that the petitioner never forcefully committed rape upon her although the physical relationship was established and she also suffered abortion. She submits that as per the medical report the age of the victim was found to be 15-16 years and no injury was found on the body of the victim. 4. Learned counsel for the informant and opposite party-State have opposed the prayer for bail. However, aforesaid submissions made by the counsel for the petitioner has not been disputed. 5. To this, the learned counsel for the petitioner has referred to paragraph no. 3 of the case diary and has submitted that the victim has stated that she told her mother not to file the complaint and then her mother told her to ask the petitioner for Rs. two lacs. ( 2026:JHHC:19966 ) 2 6. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and considering the fact that charge sheet has already been submitted and the victim has stated that she was in love affair with the petitioner who is 19 years of age, 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 Sessions Judge-cum-Spl. Judge (POCSO), Simdega in connection with Simdega (Mahila) P.S. Case No. 34 of 2025=POCSO No. 02 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: 07.07.2026 Uploaded on 08.07.2026 Binit/