( 2026:JHHC:25026 ) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 6810 of 2026 Pritam Yadav @ Pritam Kumar, aged about 18 years, S/o Bhuja Yadav, R/o village- Katiya Road House No.85, P.O. & P.S.- Kunda, District- Deoghar, Jharkhand … … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … … Opp. Party --- CORAM :HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANUBHA RAWAT CHOUDHARY --- For the Petitioner : Mr. K. S. Nanda, Advocate For the Opp. Party : Mrs. Vandana Bharti, A.P.P. For the Informant : Mr. Lakhan Chandra Ray, Advocate --- 03/19.08.2026 Heard the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the parties. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody since 28.04.2026 in connection with Kunda P.S. Case No.33 of 2026, for the offences registered under Sections 87, 137(2), 351(2), 3(5) of the B.N.S. 2023 and section 12 of POCSO Act, pending in the court of learned Additional Sessions Judge-II-cum-POCSO Special Judge, Deoghar. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is 18 years of age and he is in custody since 28.04.2026 and chargesheet has been submitted. The learned counsel submits that there were love relationship between the petitioner and the victim, who was more than 17 years of age. The learned counsel further submits that she refused for her medical examination. 4. Learned counsel for the Informant has opposed the prayer for bail and has submitted that the petitioner has criminal antecedent. 5. Learned counsel for the opposite party-State has opposed the prayer and has submitted that the case diary is silent with respect to the criminal antecedent of the petitioner. 6. To this, the learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in paragraph-14 of the bail application, he has stated that he has no criminal antecedent. 7. 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 had gone out at her own free will and after two days 2 she returned back and came to the police station as she was afraid due to the reason that her father was called in the police station. No further allegation has been mentioned in the statement under Section 183 of B.N.S.S. 8. In view of the statement recorded under Section 183 of B.N.S.S. and considering the age of petitioner, who is just 20 years, having no criminal antecedent and chargesheet has 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 Additional Sessions Judge-II-cum-POCSO Special Judge, Deoghar, in connection with Kunda P.S. Case No.33 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. (vi) However, learned court below is directed to call for criminal antecedent report of the petitioner before the enlarging the petitioner on bail and if any criminal antecedent is found, the petitioner shall not be released. 9. 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. 10. The instant bail application is allowed with the aforesaid conditions. (Anubha Rawat Choudhary, J.) Dated: 19.08.2026 Uploaded on 20.08.26 Jay/