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2025 DAILYLAW 18795 (JHR)

POTE KISKU v. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND

B.A./8235/2025 · 2025-09-25

Anil Kumar Choudhary

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[2025:JHHC:29893] IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No.8235 of 2025 ------ Pote Kisku, aged about 40 years, S/o Late Surju Kisku, resident of Village- Talberia, P.O. & P.S.- Gopikandar, District- Dumka .... .... …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... Opposite Party ------ CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY ------ For the Petitioner : Ms. Neha Bhardwaj, Advocate For the State : Ms. Sushma Aind, Addl.P.P ------ Order No.02 Dated- 25-09-2025 Heard the parties. The petitioner has been made accused in connection Gopikandar P.S. Case No.04 of 2020 corresponding to G.R. Case No.367 of 2020 (S.T. Case No.73 of 2020) registered for the offences punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the allegation against the petitioner is that the petitioner has committed the murder of his own mother by throttling her neck consequent upon a minor quarrel regarding taking of rice from his mother, when both the petitioner and the deceased were taking liquor together, brought by the petitioner. It is submitted that the allegation against the petitioner is false. Drawing attention of this Court towards para-09 of the counter-affidavit, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that as per the post-mortem report, the death of the deceased was caused due to disease condition of heart and there is no other medical evidence to suggest that the deceased died because of throttling. It is next submitted that charge-sheet has already been submitted in this case. It is next submitted that the petitioner undertakes that he will co-operate with the trial of the case and that he will not annoy or disturb the informant and other witnesses of the case during the trial of the case. It is lastly submitted that the petitioner has been in custody since 29.01.2020 as is evident from para-01 of the instant bail application. Hence it is submitted that the petitioner be released on bail. Learned Addl. P.P. opposes the prayer for bail. Considering the facts of this case, the above-named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Sessions Judge-V, Dumka in connection with Gopikandar P.S. Case No.04 of 2020 corresponding to G.R. Case No.367 of 2020 (S.T. Case No.73 of 2020) with the condition that he will co-operate with the trial of the case, furnish his mobile number and photocopy of the Aadhar Card in the court below with an undertaking that he will not change his mobile number during the trial of the case and will not annoy or disturb the informant and other witnesses of the case during the trial of the case. (Anil Kumar Choudhary, J.) Dated- 25.09.2025-Animesh/