Ramkaran Prajapati @ Karan v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Second regular bail application under Section 439 CrPC; offences alleged under Sections 376(2)(n), 294, 323 IPC, Sections 4 & 6 POCSO Act and Section 3(2)(v) Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act; Crime No.647/2022, Police Station Chirmiri, District M.C.B., Chhattisgarh; first bail application dismissed on merits 03.07.2023 in MCRC No.3874/2023; no material change in circumstances; married applicant; custody since 08.12.2022 (over one year); bail refused and application dismissed; High Court of Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur; Justice Deepak Kumar Tiwari; order dated 19.03.2024.
What did the court decide?
The court declined to release the applicant on bail, having considered the submissions of both sides and the prosecutrix's statement, and particularly because the applicant is a married person and there is no material change in the circumstances after rejection of the earlier bail application on merits.