Ajeet Kumar Paikara v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
MCRC No. 1022 of 2025, High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur, decided 10/03/2025 by Arvind Kumar Verma, J. Regular bail allowed under Section 483 BNSS to Ajeet Kumar Paikara (aged about 18 years) in Crime No. 67/2024, P.S. Shankargarh, District Balrampur-Ramanujganj, for offences under Sections 363, 366, 376(2)(n) IPC and Section 6 POCSO Act, 2012 arising out of an alleged abduction and rape of a 17-years-7-months-old prosecutrix on 05.04.2024. Grounds: custody since 09.04.2024, charge sheet filed, trial likely to take sufficiently long time. Conditions: personal bond Rs. 10,000/- with one surety, regular appearance, no witness tampering, no contact with prosecutrix/her family/charge-sheet witnesses. Counsel: Abhishek K.Singh for applicant; Sunita Sahu, PL for State; Seema Verma for objector.
What did the court decide?
Regular bail granted to the applicant on execution of a personal bond of Rs. 10,000/- with one surety to the satisfaction of the concerned trial court, subject to conditions of regular appearance before the trial court, non-tampering with prosecution witnesses, and no contact with the prosecutrix, her family members and charge-sheet witnesses.