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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
B.A. No.11715 of 2025
----- Rajeshwar Singh @ Vidhayak, son of Ganeshi Singh, resident of village Ghutuwa, PO Champi, PS Lesliganj, District Palamau
… Petitioner(s).
Versus The State of Jharkhand
… Opposite Party(s).
CORAM :
SRI ANANDA SEN, J.
------ For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. A. K. Chaturvedy, Advocate
Mr. Rajesh Kr. Singh, Advocate For the State
: Mr. Suraj Deo Munda, APP …......
03 /27.02.2026: 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 103(1), 238(b) and 3(5) 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. This is a case of murder. The petitioner is named in the First Information Report (FIR) on the basis of suspicion but the fact remains that after his arrest he confessed his guilt and took the police to the second place of occurrence that is the place where after murdering the body was burnt. The case diary clearly shows the place where the deceased was burnt and it has also come that the burnt bones were also recovered from the place of occurrence.
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5. Considering the aforesaid fact, I am not inclined to grant privilege of bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner in connection with Lesliganj PS Case No. 111 of 2025, pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, Palamau stands rejected.
6. Accordingly, this bail application is dismissed.
(ANANDA SEN, J.) 27.02.2026 Tanuj/CP-3
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