Kesharibai v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
MCRC No. 79 of 2025 | High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur | NAFR | decided 08/01/2025 | Arvind Kumar Verma, J. | First regular bail application under Section 483 B.N.S.S. rejected | Kesharibai W/o Laluram Sahu v. State of Chhattisgarh | Crime No. 65/2024, P.S. Rengakhar, District Kabirdham | offences under Sections 103(1), 103(2), 238(a), 191(2), 191(3), 189(4)(5), 332(a), 324(6), 287, 310(3), 326(g), 61(2)(a), 115(2) of B.N.S. 2023 | mob attack of 150-200 persons on house of Sarpanch/Up-sarpanch family on 15.09.2024 | 167 persons named in FIR | 43 accused charge-sheeted | deceased burnt 95 to 97 percent | 29 witnesses | pregnancy ground (over 6 months) raised; medical slip showed nothing adverse | merits left open | Applicant's counsel: Dharmesh Shrivastava, Adv.; State: Pragya Shrivastava, Dy. G.A.
What did the court decide?
Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the nature and gravity of the offence, the material available in the case diary, the medical slip of the applicant, the fact that there were 29 witnesses who narrated the incident, and that around 150-200 persons attacked the house of the complainant and burnt the deceased about 95 to 97 percent, the Court held that the present was not a fit case to release the applicant on regular bail, and accordingly rejected the bail application at that stage.