[2026:RJ-JP:13454] HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. Criminal 2nd Miscellaneous Bail Application No. 4439/2026 Chetram S/o Ramsi Lal, Aged About 49 Years, R/o Village Nawajipura, Police Station Piloda, Working As Assistant Engineer, P.h.e.d, Sub Division Hindaun City, At Present Lodged In The Sub Jail, Gangapur City. ----Petitioner Versus State Of Rajasthan, Through Pp ----Respondent For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Ashvin Garg For Respondent(s) : Mr. Kuldeep Singh Meena for Mr. Rajneesh Gupta Mr. Vijay Singh Yadav, PP HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR JAIN Order 30/03/2026 1. Instant second application for bail filed under Section 483 of BNSS by the petitioner-accused Chetram S/o Ramsi Lal in FIR No.05/2024 dated 08.01.2024 registered at P.S. Piloda District Sawai Madhopur, whereby the petitioner-accused has been charged under Sections 143 and 302 IPC. 2. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the matter and the investigation against him is complete and he is no more required in investigation. He further submits that there are no chance of fleeing of applicant accused from the jurisdiction of this Hon’ble Court. He also submits that the applicant undertakes not to repeat offence and cooperate with investigation/trial, which will take time. [2026:RJ-JP:13454] (2 of 4) [CRLMB-4439/2026] 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the first bail application of the present petitioner was dismissed on 07.08.2025 and, till date, the trial has not been concluded. He further submitted that, due to delay in trial and the prolonged period of custody, the petitioner is entitled for consideration of his bail application. He also submitted that the present petitioner is a Government servant and the evidence brought on record is not sufficient to conclude that the present petitioner is involved in the incident. 4. Learned Public Prosecutor and the counsel for complainant have vehemently opposed the bail application and submitted that the allegations are grave and serious in nature. 5. Heard learned counsel for the parties and learned Public Prosecutor. Perused the material placed on record. 6. The first bail application of the present petitioner was dismissed on 07.08.2025, observing as under: 6. On basis of report dated 08.01.2024 about cruelty and harassment to sister of complainant and further her beatings resulted in her death on 07.01.2024 FIR No.5/2024 under Section 143 and 302 IPC is registered. Initially police has filed a charge-sheet against Smt. Guddi, Smt. Muneshi W/o Kamlesh, Om Prakash, Hema, Gora and Khushbu under Sections 147, 149, 302 and 452 IPC but kept pending against remaining six persons including present petitioner. Thereafter another supplementary charge-sheet is filed and later, third supplementary charge-sheet is filed against present petitioner and others. During course of trial, complainant Manoj examined as [2026:RJ-JP:13454] (3 of 4) [CRLMB-4439/2026] PW-1 whereas eye-witness Kapil (age 15 years) is examined as PW-4 and we have considered statement of both the witnesses. A Co-ordinate Bench of this Court has granted bail to Smt. Muneshi W/o Kamlesh and Smt. Guddi on 12.08.2024 and SLP (Crl.) Nos.3150/2025 and 3151/2025 filed by Manoj Kumar Meena (complainant) were dismissed on 16.05.2025, by Hon’ble Supreme Court. 7. We have considered post-mortem repot, FSL Report and Pathology report as submitted by learned counsel. No specific opinion can be expressed at this stage. 8. At this stage of bail, it is not possible for this Court to express any opinion about trustworthiness and truthfulness of witness Kapil, examined as PW-4. The trial Court has recorded his statement on 16.06.2025 and he specifically named present petitioner for involvement of the incident. He specifically corroborated presence of petitioner at the time of commission of crime. The grounds are not sufficient to consider that this petitioner accused is arrayed as an accused as he is a government servant. The persons already granted bail were females and were in custody. 7. After the said order, the petitioner approached the Hon’ble Supreme Court by filing SLP (Criminal) No. 15830/2025; however, the same was dismissed as withdrawn on 10.10.2025. 8. The Trial Court, while dismissing the bail application on 17.02.2026, observed that the matter is fixed at the stage of [2026:RJ-JP:13454] (4 of 4) [CRLMB-4439/2026] prosecution evidence and that there is no change in circumstances. 9. Considering the fact that 22 injuries were reported on the body of the deceased and present petitioner was named by PW-4, who is stated to be the only eyewitness to the incident, and that this Court has already dealt with the evidence of PW-4 while deciding the bail application on 07.08.2025. No case for bail is made out, as the petitioner is charged with a serious and heinous offence. 10. The facts and the material indicate that the alleged offence are of serious nature and role attributed to applicant is prima facie sufficient to consider complicity of applicant in the crime. Therefore, at this juncture, considering the evidence collected so far, this is not a fit case to enlarge the applicant accused on bail. 11. Considering the gravity of allegations and overall facts and circumstances of the case, it is appropriate to dismiss the bail application of the applicant accused at this stage. 12. Accordingly, the application for bail filed under Section 483 of BNSS preferred by Chetram S/o Ramsi Lal is hereby dismissed. 13. The trial court is directed to expedite the trial. The order of the Trial Court does not indicate as to how many witnesses had been examined till 17.02.2026. The petitioner is in custody since 14.12.2024. (ASHOK KUMAR JAIN),J PREETI VALECHA /03