( 2026:JHHC:27310 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 8382 of 2026 Nishu Kumar @ Nishikant Manjhi son of Kishan Manjhi … … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … … Opp. Party --- CORAM :HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANUBHA RAWAT CHOUDHARY --- For the Petitioner : Mr. R.S. Mazumdar, Senior Advocate : Mr. Nishant Kumar Ray, Advocate For the Opp. Party : None --- 04/10.09.2026 Heard the learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner. 2. Nobody appears on behalf of the opposite party-State. 3. Learned senior counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody in connection with Poraiyahat P.S. Case No. 46 of 2026, corresponding to Special POCSO Case No. 29 of 2026, for the offences registered under Sections 137(2) of the B.N.S. 2023, pending in the court of learned Special Judge, POCSO Act, Godda. 4. Learned senior counsel for the petitioner submits that FIR was lodged when the victim was found missing and subsequently her statement under Section 183 BNSS was recorded when she was recovered. The statement of the victim has been annexed along with the bail application. The learned counsel submits that as per the statement of the victim recorded under Section 183 BNSS, the parents of the victim wanted to get her marry someone else and she has stated that she was having love affair with the petitioner and she knew the petitioner for the last one year. She went with the petitioner to Bangaluru and she came back. He submits that no further allegation of sexual assault has been made against the petitioner. The petitioner is just 22 years of age having no criminal antecedent as stated in the paragraph 14 of the bail application. 5. After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner and after going through the statement of the victim recorded under Section 183 BNSS, though she is minor but the charge having been framed, the ( 2026:JHHC:27310 ) 2 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 Special Judge, POCSO Act, Godda, in connection with Poraiyahat P.S. Case No. 46 of 2026, corresponding to Special POCSO Case No. 29 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. 6. 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. 7. The instant bail application is allowed with the aforesaid conditions. (Anubha Rawat Choudhary, J.) Dated: 10.09.2026 Uploaded on 14.09.2026 Binit/