Podiyam Kanni v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Bail application rejected; first bail application under Section 483 BNSS; MCRC No. 408 of 2025; High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur; decided 16.01.2025 by Arvind Kumar Verma, Judge; neutral citation 2025:CGHC:2697; NAFR/non-reportable; Crime No. 20/2024, Police Station Konta, District Sukma, Chhattisgarh; BNS 2023 Sections 191(2), 191(3), 190, 103(1), 296, 351(2); Chhattisgarh Tonhi Pratadna Nivaran Act 2005 Sections 4 & 5; witchcraft (tonhi) allegations; village meeting; mob assault with wooden sticks and hands; five deaths (Mausam Kanna, Mausam Buccha, Mausam Arjo, Mausam Viri, Karka/Karko Acchi); informant Smt. Mausam Siti; four eyewitnesses named applicants; defence plea of false implication and non-naming in FIR; gravity of offence; certified copy to trial Court; applicants Podiyam Kanni, Nupo Ramo, Podiyam Roja; counsel Priyank Rathi (applicants) and Pragya Shrivastava, Dy. G.A. (State).