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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
B.A. No.1310 of 2026
----- Roshan Kerketta, son of late Emil Kerketta, resident of village Awga, Budha Pahar, PO and PS Bolba, District Simdega
… Petitioner(s).
Versus The State of Jharkhand
… Opposite Party(s).
CORAM :
SRI ANANDA SEN, J.
------ For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Gaurav, Advocate For the State
: Mr. Vijoy Kr. Sinha, APP …......
02 /10.03.2026: This bail application has been filed under Sections 483 & 484 of BNSS, 2023 wherein, prayer has been made for grant of bail as he is in custody for allegedly committing offence punishable under Sections 115(2)/126(2)/117(2)/118(2)/109(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
2. Heard, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the State and have also gone through the impugned order.
3. Learned APP opposes the prayer for bail.
4. After going through the records, I find that there is direct allegation against the petitioner. The informant heard her son screaming. She then went to the place of occurrence and saw her son in a pool of blood. This petitioner was standing next to her son, holding an axe, which was blood smeared. When the informant tried to save her son, the petitioner threw his axe towards the informant, as a result of which she sustained injury.
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5. Considering the direct nature of allegation, I am not inclined to grant privilege of bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner in connection with Bolba PS Case No. 15 of 2025, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Simdega stands rejected.
6. Accordingly, this bail application is dismissed.
(ANANDA SEN, J.) 10.03.2026 Tanuj/CP-3
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