[ 2026:JHHC:1958] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 404 of 2026 Pramod Sahu, aged about 39 years, son of Dukhan Sahu, resident of Village- Jonjro, P.O + P.S. Kuru, District- Lohardaga. ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Rakesh Ranjan, A.P.P. ------ 05/ 27.01.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Kuru P.S. Case No. 55 of 2022 corresponding to G.R. No. 79 of 2024, registered for the offence under Sections 365 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Lohardaga. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been made accused along with Naresh Kumar @ Naresh Sahu and after split up of trial, said Naresh Kumar @ Naresh Sahu has faced the trial in S.T. No. 44 of 2024, wherein the statement of the informant has been recorded as P.W.-1 and she has been declared hostile. He next submits that further the victim has also been examined as P.W.-2, who has also been declared hostile and that fact has already been recorded in the order of the co-ordinate bench passed in A.B.A. No. 757 of 2025. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the allegation of kidnapping of the husband of the informant is there. [ 2026:JHHC:1958] -2- 5. Considering that the similar allegation is also against one Naresh Kumar @ Naresh Sahu, who has faced the trial in the split up trial, wherein the informant and the victim both have been declared hostile, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, named above, is directed to surrender before the learned court within four weeks from today and in the event of her surrender / arrest, the petitioner, named above, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty-five thousand), with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Lohardaga, in connection with Kuru P.S. Case No. 55 of 2022 corresponding to G.R. No. 79 of 2024, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-27.01.2026 Amitesh/-