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2026 DAILYLAW 24398 (JHR)

PUNAM DEVI ALIAS SONI KUMARI ALIAS KHUSHI v. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND

B.A./7917/2026 · 2026-08-28

Anubha Rawat Choudhary

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2026:JHHC:25943 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 7917 of 2026 Punam Devi @ Soni Kumari, @ Khushi, aged about 31 years, W/o- Nanhu Yadav, R/o- Village- Sunari, P.O. & P.S.- Panki, Ditsrict- Palamu, Jharkhand. … … 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 : Ms. Ruby Pandey, Advocate --- 02/28th August 2026 1. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody since 23.12.2025 in connection with Chainpur P.S. Case No. 47 of 2025, for the offences registered under Sections 137(2), 144, 95, 61(2) of B.N.S. and section 5(2) of Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, under section 13 and 14 of POCSO Act, and under Section 75 and 79 of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, pending in the court of learned Exclusive Special Judge, POCSO Act-cum-Additional Sessions Judve-IV, Gumla. 2. After some argument, when this Court was not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail primarily on the ground that the victims have not yet been examined, the learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to withdraw this bail application. 3. Learned counsel for the State has no objection to the prayer for withdrawal. 4. Accordingly, this bail application is dismissed as withdrawn. 5. Let a copy of this order be communicated to the court concerned through ‘e-mail/FAX’. (Anubha Rawat Choudhary, J.) Dated: 28.08.2026 Uploaded On: 29.08.2026 Mukul/-