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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous Bail Application No. 1440/2026 Raju Sharma S/o Ramnivas Sharma, Aged About 19 Years, R/o Badha, Police Station Nadbai, District Bharatpur, Rajasthan (Presently Confined In Sub Jail, Bayana)

----Petitioner Versus

1. The State Of Rajasthan, Through Pp

2. Victim, R/o ----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Kapil Nagayach For Respondent(s) : Mr. Vivek Sharma, PP HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PRAMIL KUMAR MATHUR

Order

27/01/2026

1. The petitioner has filed this bail application under Section 483 of BNSS in FIR No.240/2025 registered at Police Station Halena, District Bharatpur for offence under Sections 64(2)(m), 142, and 351(3) of BNS, 2023.

2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Public Prosecutor and perused the material available on record.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case. He further submits that a Missing Person Report was lodged by the father of the victim on 04.09.2025, pursuant to which the police recovered the victim and recorded her statement wherein she did not make any allegation against the petitioner and categorically stated that both the petitioner and the victim are major. It is further submitted that thereafter, on 25.09.2025, the victim under pressure of her parents, just to harass the petitioner, subsequently lodged the present FIR on false and concocted grounds. Learned counsel argues that the case is consensual in nature, which is evident from the statement of the victim recorded after the lodging of the Missing Person Report. The contention of learned counsel is that the victim was residing with the petitioner for a period of about 22 to 25 days, and during this entire period, she did not raise any hue and cry regarding the alleged offence. He further submits that the petitioner has been in judicial custody since 27.11.2025 and the charge-sheet has already been filed. The trial of the case will take considerable time, therefore, no fruitful purpose would be served by keeping the petitioner in further custody and the bail application of the petitioner may be allowed.

4. Learned Public Prosecutor has vehemently opposed the bail application.

5. On consideration of the rival submissions and material available on record and in the light of submission made by learned counsel for the petitioner but without expressing any opinion on merits/demerits of the case, I am inclined to grant benefit of bail to the petitioner.

6. Consequently, the bail application under Section 483 B.N.S.S. is allowed and it is directed that the petitioner Raju Sharma S/o Ramnivas Sharma be released on bail provided he furnishes a personal bond in the sum of Rs.50,000/- with two sureties in the sum of Rs.25,000/- each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court with the stipulation that he shall appear before that Court on all subsequent dates of hearing till conclusion of the trial.

(PRAMIL KUMAR MATHUR),J Bmg/200