2026:JHHC:24089 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 6748 of 2026 Akash Dutta @ Dutt, aged about 20 years, son of Dasrath Dutta, Resident of Village.- Karmatar, P.O. & P.S.- Masliya, Dist.- Dumka, Jharkhand. … … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … … Opp. Party --- CORAM: HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANUBHA RAWAT CHOUDHARY --- For the Petitioner : Ms. Papita Mondal, Advocate For the Opp. Party : Mr. Someshwar Roy, Advocate --- 06/12th August 2026 1. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody in connection with Fatehpur P.S. Case No. 14/2026 for the offence registered under Sections 96, 351(2) r/w 3(5) o BNS (u/s 366A, 506 r/w 34 of IPC), now said to have been pending in the court of learned Additional Sessions Judge-III, Jamtara. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case and his age is only 20 years. The learned counsel submits that the statement of the victim recorded under Section 183 of BNSS was called for from the concerned court and that may be perused. The petitioner is in custody since 07.05.2026 and the charge-sheet has been submitted. 3. Learned counsel for the opposite party-State has opposed the prayer for bail. 4. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and upon going through the statement of the victim recorded under Section 183 of the BNSS, it appears that the victim, though aged 15 years, has stated that her family members were getting her married to a person of advanced age and, therefore, she herself ran away from her house and went to the house of the petitioner and then she got married to the petitioner on her own. 2026:JHHC:24089 2 5. In view of the fact that the charge-sheet has already been submitted and that the victim had herself left her house and went to the house of the petitioner, the petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rs. Twenty-Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Sessions Judge-III, Jamtara in connection with Fatehpur P.S. Case No. 14/2026, subject to 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 would deposit a self-attested copy of his Aadhar Card along with his Mobile Number before the learned court below, which he shall 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. 6. The instant bail application is allowed with the aforesaid conditions. 7. Let a copy of this order along with a copy of the affidavit filed with the bail petition be communicated to the court concerned through ‘e- mail/FAX’. (Anubha Rawat Choudhary, J.) Dated: 12.08.2026 Uploaded On: 13.08.2026 Mukul/-