2026:JHHC:30061 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 8542 of 2026 Sujit Bhuiyan, aged about 22 years, S/o Chameshwar Bhuiyan, R/o Village-Rakhat, P.O.&P.S.-Chandwa, District- Latehar. … … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … … Opp. Party --- CORAM: HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANUBHA RAWAT CHOUDHARY --- For the Petitioner : Mr. Vishnu Prabhakar Pathak, Advocate For the Opp. Party : Mr. Rajneesh Vardhan, Advocate --- 05/7th October 2026 1. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody in connection with Chandwa P.S. Case No. 124/2026 for the offence registered under Section 87 of BNS, now said to have been pending in the court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Latehar. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody since 01.07.2026 having no criminal antecedent. The charge-sheet has been submitted and the case is at the stage of evidence. The victim is 16 to 18 years as per medical report, and her statement recorded under section 183 BNSS be perused by this Court, wherein she has stated that she herself had gone with the petitioner to her friend’s house. 3. Learned counsel for the State though has opposed the prayer for bail, but does not dispute the aforesaid submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner. 4. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and upon going through the statement of the victim recorded under Section 183 of BNSS and the fact that the charge-sheet has already been submitted and the petitioner does not have any criminal antecedent, the petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rs. 2026:JHHC:30061 2 Twenty-Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Latehar in connection with Chandwa P.S. Case No. 124/2026, 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. 5. The instant bail application is allowed with the aforesaid conditions. 6. 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: 07.10.2026 Uploaded On: 08.10.2026 Mukul/-