[ 2026:JHHC:11265] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 1773 of 2026 Md. Helal, age 23 years, S/o Late Abbas, R/o Village Jangi, P.O. and P.S. Sadar, District-Chatra, Jharkhand- 825401. ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Rahul Pandey, Advocate. For the State : Mrs. Mohua Palit, A.P.P. ------ 05/ 18.04.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Chatra Sadar P.S. Case No. 297 of 2025, registered for the offence under Sections 96, 65 and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 4 of POCSO Act, pending in the court of learned Additional Sessions Judge- cum-Special Judge, POCSO at Chatra. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case and only allegation is there against the petitioner of facilitating to take the girl along with the co-accused namely Md. Soheb Ansari. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the girl was minor and aged about 15 years. 5. Considering that the girl was minor and the petitioner has facilitated to take the said girl along with the co-accused and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner, above named. As such, his prayer for anticipatory bail is rejected. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-18.04.2026 Amitesh/-