2026:JHHC:5853 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No.1033 of 2026 ----- Kunwar Nayak, son of late Ramdhan Nayak, resident of village Tengariya, PO and PS Palkot, District Gumla … Petitioner(s). Versus The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party(s). CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J. ------ For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. A. K. Chaturvedy, Advocate For the State : Ms. Anuradha Sahay, APP …...... 02 /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) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Cognizance has been taken under Section 103(1) of 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. The petitioner was living out of his village to earn his livelihood. The wife was residing in the village. The petitioner apprehended that the deceased has development some relation with his wife. The deceased returned to village. On the fateful day the deceased attempted to seduce the wife of the petitioner, by entering in his house, without knowing about the presence of the petitioner. While he was trying to seduce the wife, the wife tried to resist. Then this petitioner in the fit of rage, attacked the deceased as a result of which he died. All these aforesaid fact is narrated by the petitioner after he was arrested. In the FIR, there is only suspicion casted upon the petitioner and there is no eyewitness. Though there is no evidentiary value of a 2026:JHHC:5853 2 confessional statement but for the sake of argument if the story is accepted, then I find that when this petitioner saw this deceased trying to seduce his wife and his wife forbidding him, this petitioner got enraged and on the spur of the moment gave the fatal blow. 5. Considering what has been observed above and the fact culled out from the confessional statement, I am inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the petitioner, named above, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Sessions Judge-V, Gumla in connection with ST No. 198 of 2025 arising out of Palkot PS Case No. 42 of 2025 subject to the condition that one of the bailors should be a close relative of the petitioner, having sufficient landed property in his/her own name within the State of Jharkhand. 6. Accordingly, this bail application is allowed. (ANANDA SEN, J.) 27.02.2026 Tanuj/CP-3 Uploaded on 28.02.2026