2026:JHHC:4511 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No.10580 of 2025 ----- Gautam Kumar Mandal, son of Pramod Kumar Mandal, resident of village Rajkumar Nagar, Bhatdiha, PO Godda, PS Godda Town, District Godda … Petitioner(s). Versus The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party(s). CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J. ------ For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Aniket Jaiswal, Advocate For the State : Mr. S. S. Kumar, APP …...... 03 /17.02.2026: 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) 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 counsel for the petitioner submits that there is nothing on record to suggest that the petitioner has committed the offence. He is in custody since 24.06.2025 and infact while cooking food the wife of the petitioner got fire which resulted in this occurrence and there are evidence to suggest that this petitioner who had taken the wife to the hospital. 4. Learned APP opposes the prayer for bail. 5. The petitioner is the husband. The death is in the matrimonial home though the marriage had taken place in 2009 but the children who were residing with the grandparents clearly stated that often the father used to assault the mother. Further the death is due to burning which is more than 90% and the defence of the petitioner is falsified by paragraph 34 of the case 2026:JHHC:4511 2 diary in which the Investigating Officer stated that he could not find any sign of burning inside the house. 6. 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 Godda Town PS Case No. 124 of 2025, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Godda stands rejected. 7. Accordingly, this bail application is dismissed. (ANANDA SEN, J.) 17.02.2026 Tanuj/CP-2 Uploaded on 21.02.2026