Neutral Citation No. ( 2026:JHHC:20846 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 5042 of 2026 Suhail Ahmad @ Ahmad Khan, aged about 35 years, S/o Sattar Khan, resident of village & P.O. – Chakla, P.S.- Chandwa, District- Latehar … … Petitioner Versus State of Jharkhand … … Opp. Party --- CORAM :HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANUBHA RAWAT CHOUDHARY --- For the Petitioner : Mr. Jitendra Shankar Singh, Sr. Advocate For the Opp. Party : Ms. Bandana Sinha, A.P.P. For the Informant : Ms. Pragati Prasad, Advocate --- 03/14.07.2026 Heard the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the parties. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody since 21.05.2026 in connection with Balumath P.S. Case No.48 of 2026, for the offences registered under Section 69 of the B.N.S. 2023 and section 4 of the POCSO Act, pending in the court of learned Special Judge POCSO, Latehar. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody since 21.05.2026 and he has been falsely implicated in this case. He has further submitted that as per the F.I.R. itself, the petitioner and victim were having relationship for last one year and she used to love the petitioner. The learned counsel for the petitioner has further submitted that even in the statement recorded under Section 183 of B.N.S.S., she has stated that she has love affairs with the petitioner. 4. Learned counsel for the Informant has opposed the prayer for bail and submitted that as per Aadhar Card, age of the victim is 20 years. 5. Learned counsel for the opposite party-State has submitted that as per the letter issued by the Head Master of School, the date of Birth of the informant /victim is 01.01.2010. However, as per the medical report, she was found to be 18-19 years of age. The chargesheet has been submitted under Section 69 of B.N.S. as well as Section 6 of the POCSO Act. 2 6. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and considering the statement of the victim recorded under Section 183 of B.N.S.S., she has stated that she was in relationship with the petitioner for the last one year and chargesheet has already been submitted in this case, 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 Special Judge POCSO, Latehar, in connection with Balumath P.S. Case No.48 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: 14.07.2026 Uploaded on 14.07.26 Jay/