( 2026:JHHC:11888 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 6476 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 6476 of 2025 1. Rohit Kumar Bhokta @ Rohit Bhokta, aged about 40 years, son of Late Satyanarayan Bhokta, R/o Village- Pathra, P.O. & P.S. Pathrol, District- Deoghar (Jharkhand) 2. Kangres Bhokta, aged about 42 years, son of Late Satyanarayan Bhokta, R/o Village- Pathra, P.O. & P.S. Pathrol, District- Deoghar (Jharkhand) 3. Neelam Devi, aged about 35 years, wife of Rohit Bhokta, R/o Village- Pathra, P.O. & P.S. Pathrol, District- Deoghar (Jharkhand) 4. Rajendra Rai, aged about 32 years, son of Late Bishwanath Rai, R/o Village Tilaiya, P.O. & P.S. Jasidih, District- Deoghar (Jharkhand) … Petitioners -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioners : Mr. Kripa Shankar Nanda, Advocate For the State : Mr. Shree Prakash Jha, A.P.P. ----- 04/23.04.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Pathrol P.S. Case No.151/2024, registered for the offence under Sections 137(2), 96, 3(5) of the BNS, pending in the Court of the learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Madhupur. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have been false implicated in the case. He further submits that the allegations are made of taking away daughter of the informant by these petitioners. He then submits that the statement of the victim has been recorded under Section 183 of the BNSS, 2023, wherein, she has stated that she is in love relationship with one Bablu Kumar and she has further stated that she on her own volition has gone along with Bablu Kumar. He next submits that the victim has also stated in her statement recorded under ( 2026:JHHC:11888 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 6476 of 2025 Section 183 of the BNSS, 2023 that on the pressure made by the parents, she has taken name of these petitioners. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted to the petitioners. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the girl is aged about 16 years only and in view of that, the prayer for anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. 5. On perusal of the statement of the girl recorded under Section 183 of the BNSS, 2023, it transpires that she has stated that she is in love relationship with Bablu Kumar and she on her own volition, has gone along with Bablu Kumar. She has further stated that on the pressure made by the parents, she has taken name of these petitioners. 6. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioners are directed to surrender before the learned Court within two weeks from today and the learned Court shall release the petitioners on such terms and conditions as the learned Court may deem fit and proper. 7. Accordingly, this application is disposed of. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 23rd April, 2026 Ajay/