IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
B.A. No. 2587 of 2024
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Pawan Singh
@ Pavan Kr. …... …. Petitioner
Versus
The State of Jharkhand .…. …. Opp. Party
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CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMBUJ NATH
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For the Petitioner : Mr. Manish Yadav, Advocate
Mr. Lalit Yadav, Advocate
For the State : Mr. V. K. Vashistha, Spl.P.P
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04/ Dated 30.04.2024
Heard the parties.
The petitioner has been made accused in connection with Jaridih P.S. Case
No.34 of 2023, Special POCSO Case No.05 of 2024, for the offences registered
under Sections 366A/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 8/12 of POCSO
Act, pending in the court of learned District & Additional Sessions Judge-III-cum-
Special Judge (POCSO Act), Bokaro.
Petitioner is alleged to have enticed away the daughter of the informant
with an intention to marry her. Statement of the victim was recorded during trial,
in which, she has stated that she is 19 years old and his father wanted to marry her
to another person, due to which, she left her home with the petitioner according to
her own wish.
Learned Spl. P. P on behalf of the State has opposed the prayer for bail.
Considering the aforesaid fact, I am inclined to release the petitioner, on
bail. Accordingly, the petitioner, named above, is directed to be released on bail
on furnishing bail bond of Rs.20,000/-(Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two
sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned District &
Additional Sessions Judge-III-cum-Special Judge (POCSO Act), Bokaro, in
connection with Jaridih P.S. Case No.34 of 2023, Special POCSO Case No.05 of
2024.
(Ambuj Nath, J.)
BS/