( 2026:JHHC:22347 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 6388 of 2026 Saurabh Kumar, Son of Shri Krishna Murari … … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … … Opp. Party --- CORAM :HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANUBHA RAWAT CHOUDHARY --- For the Petitioner : Mr. Kripa Shankar Nanda, Advocate For the Opp. Party : Mr. Jitendra Pandey, APP For the Informant : Md. Zaid Ahmed, Advocate --- 03/28.07.2026 Heard the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the parties. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody in connection with Simdega (Mahila) P.S. Case No. 18 of 2026, for the offences registered under Sections 69, 351(2) of the B.N.S. 2023, pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Simdega. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that as per the FIR itself, the victim went to Patna in 2019 and there she started teaching in a school. The petitioner was also a teacher in the said school. It is alleged that the petitioner came to Simdega at the residence of the victim in the year 2023 and forcibly established physical relationship with the victim. Thereafter the petitioner continued to exploit her and established physical relationship on the pretext of marriage. The learned counsel submits that the petitioner is in custody since 26.05.2026 and charge sheet has been submitted on 30.06.2026. 4. Learned counsel for the opposite party-State and the informant have opposed the prayer for bail, however, the aforesaid submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner based on FIR itself is not in dispute. 5. At this, the learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that FIR was lodged in the year 2026 when the petitioner refused to marry her and he was in the process of getting engaged with someone else. 6. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and considering the fact that the petitioner and the victim are major and initial incident had taken place in the year 2023 in the house of the ( 2026:JHHC:22347 ) 2 informant at Simdega and the petitioner and the victim were working at Patna and charge sheet having been submitted, 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Simdega, in connection with Simdega (Mahila) P.S. Case No. 18 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: 28.07.2026 Uploaded on: 29.07.2026 Binit/