Shriram Nishad v. State of Chhattisgarh
Criminal bail – Regular bail – Murder (Sections 103(1), 3(5) BNS)
Case brief
What is this about?
MCRC No. 523 of 2025, High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur, decided 20/01/2025 by Arvind Kumar Verma, J. Second regular bail application under Section 483 BNSS by Shriram Nishad, arrested 19/07/2024 in Crime No. 338/2024, P.S. Mohan Nagar, District Durg, for murder under Sections 103(1) and 3(5) BNS (deceased Durgesh @ Genda Nishad, strangulation with electric wire); first application M.Cr.C. No. 9111 of 2024 withdrawn 07/01/2025; charge-sheet filed; prosecution alleged three eyewitnesses (applicant's wife and children) and an agricultural land dispute; bail declined on grounds of eyewitnesses, gravity of offence and land dispute; application rejected. Keywords: bail rejection, murder, strangulation, BNS 103(1), Section 483 BNSS, Chhattisgarh.
What did the court decide?
Bail declined: there are eyewitnesses in the case and it is a case of murder; the court had regard to the gravity of the offence committed by the applicant.