Dismissed¶¶12
Soma Munda v. the State of Jharkhand
Jharkhand HCB.A./5760/2025
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Bail rejected; Jharkhand High Court, Ranchi; Justice Ambuj Nath; B.A. No. 5760 of 2025; B.N.S. 2023 Sections 69, 351(3), 109, 3(5); sex on false pretext of marriage; consent obtained by fraud; petitioner already married; Khunti (Mahila) P.S. Case No. 19 of 2024; G.R. No. 64 of 2025; Chief Judicial Magistrate Khunti; prosecutrix; October 2025; neutral citation (2025:JHHC:30965).
What did the court decide?
Prima facie, the Court found that the petitioner, who was married from before, obtained consent for sex by fraud, having allegedly established a consensual physical relationship with the prosecutrix on the pretext of marriage. ¶¶11