2026:JHHC:9153 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No.1757 of 2026 ----- Kaju Kumar @ Raju Kumar, son of Misar Mahto, resident of Village Ghaghra Khurd, P.O. & P.S. Daru, District Hazaribag. … … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand. … … Opposite Party ----- CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J. ----- For the Petitioner : Ms. Neelam Kumari, Advocate Mr. Akshay Yadwendra, Advocate For the State : Mr. V.S. Sahay, A.P.P. ----- 03/ 01.04.2026 This Bail Application under Section 483 and 484 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, has been filed to release the petitioner on regular bail in connection with Ranchi Sadar P.S. Case No.462 of 2025, for offences under Sections 64(2)(m) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. The case is presently pending before the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class at Ranchi. 2. Heard learned counsel representing the petitioner and learned A.P.P. representing the State. Perused the material available on record and also gone through the impugned order. 3. The allegation against the petitioner is that earlier he ravished the informant, who is a married lady, by entering into the rented house. Further, on the date of incident the petitioner again attempted to molest the informant by forcefully untying her clothes when she was alone and when he tried to flee away, peoples of nearby vicinity gathered there on hearing the scream of the informant and intercepted him and thereafter taken him to the Police Station. 4. Learned counsel representing the petitioner submits that the instant F.I.R. is nothing but an afterthought to coerce the petitioner. He submits that this petitioner and the informant were good friends at one time, which fact is apparent from the 2026:JHHC:9153 2 statement of the informant made in the F.I.R. itself. Further, while referring to para-37 of the case diary, he submits that there is no sign of rape or injury over the body of the informant. He lastly submits that some money dispute arose between them when the petitioner demanded his due payment from the informant for carrying vegetables in his autorickshaw. 5. Learned A.P.P. representing the State opposes the prayer for bail. 6. Considering the fact that the petitioner and the informant were in friendly relation at one time, so also the fact that medical report does not depict any sign of rape or injury over the body of the informant which can suggest the allegation of rape against the petitioner, further, the petitioner is in custody since 22.09.2025, I am inclined to release this petitioner on bail. 7. Accordingly, this Bail Application is allowed. The petitioner above named is directed to be released on bail in connection with Ranchi Sadar P.S. Case No.462 of 2025, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand), with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class at Ranchi, subject to the condition that one of the bailors should be a close relative of the petitioner, having sufficient landed property in his / her own name within the State of Jharkhand. (ANANDA SEN, J.) 01st April, 2026 Prashant. Cp-3 Uploaded on 04.04.2026