RANCHI, India, Nov. 2 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on Oct. 6:
1. Heard learned counsels for petitioner and for State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Madhupur PS Case No.109 of 2025, for offence registered under section 64(2)(m) of BNS, 2023, pending in court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Madhupur.
3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that informant is a married lady having two children and the allegations are made that on the pretext of marriage relationship was established and subsequently the marriage was refused.
4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that on the pretext of marriage relationship was established.
5. Looking to the content of the FIR, it is crystal clear three years prior of lodging of the FIR, the relationship was established and FIR was registered on 3.7.2025 and from the FIR it is also clear that the informant is a married lady having two children, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to petitioner.
6. Accordingly, petitioner, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before learned court within three weeks from today, and in event of his surrender/arrest, petitioner, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand), with two sureties of like amount each, to satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Madhupur, in connection with Madhupur PS Case No.109 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023.
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