High Court of Chhattisgarh dismissed revisions seeking bail for juvenile applicants accused of murder. The court found no infirmity in lower orders granting denial of bail due to ends of justice, noting the juveniles were with adult co-accused and lacked supervision.
Revisions dismissed; trial court directed to expedite trial.
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Digitally signed by ALLENA ALLENA ANNAJEE ANNAJEE RAO RAO Date: 2026.03.16 14:53:01 +0530
2026:CGHC:12073
NAFR
HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR
CRR No. 200 of 2026
XYZ (Juvenile In Conflict With Law) S/o B (As Per Section 74 Of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015) --- Applicant
versus
State Of Chhattisgarh Through Station House Officer, Police Station- Civil Line, Bilaspur, District- Bilaspur (C.G.) --- Respondent
CRR No. 202 of 2026
XYZ (Juvenile In Conflict With Law) S/o B (As Per Section 74 Of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015) --- Applicant
Versus
State of Chhattisgarh through Station House Officer, Police Station- Civil Line, Bilaspur, District Bilaspur (C.G). --- Respondent
For Petitioner : Mr. Chandrikaditya Pandey, Advocate For the State : Mr. Sunita Manikpure, Advocate
Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal
Order on Board
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13/03/2026
(ii) As per the prosecution case, complainant Vijay Kumar Bandhe lodged a report on 13.07.2025 to the effect that on the same day at about 13.45 hours near a Kirana Store at Jarhabhata, Bilaspur, certain altercations took place between accused Suraj @ Sonu Bhaskar and Aryan, who is the friend of his brother Sumit Bandhe. Complainant’s brother Sumit Bandhe intervened and tried to pacify both the aggressors. Then, all of a sudden, adult accused Suraj @ Sonu started hurling abuses against Sumit Bandhe and
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warned him to leave the place otherwise he will kill the deceased. Thereafter, accused Suraj Bhaskar assaulted Sumit Bandhe with knife and caused fatal injury on his chest of and arm, due to which, Sumit Bandhe fell down on the spot and succumbed to injuries.
(iii) It is alleged that both the present juvenile applicants caught hold of the hand of deceased Sumit Bandhe whereas the adult accused Suraj assaulted the deceased with knife. On such report, the crime was registered and the juveniles were arrested on 14.07.2025.
4 . Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicants have no criminal antecedents and there is no likelihood that their release would bring them into association with any known criminal or expose them to moral, physical or psychological danger. However, both the learned Courts have in mechanical manner rejected the bail without considering the provisions of Section 12 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of children) Act, 2015, therefore, the applicants may be released on bail.
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be released on bail.
10. The Juvenile Justice Act aims to balance the need for rehabilitation of juveniles with the need for justice, but in cases of extreme violence, the "ends of justice" provision in the law can be invoked to deny the bail as their release would lead to public outcry and a feeling that justice has not been served.
11. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and the over-all facts
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and circumstances of the case and further looking to the role played by the juvenile applicants as also the back-ground that they are already in the company of major co-accused, their father has died, their elder brother himself was involved in the offence and there is no family control and supervision over the juveniles, I do not find any infirmity in the impugned orders of appellate court as well as the Juvenile Justice Board warranting interference in the revisions. Consequently, these Revisions are dismissed .
12. However, looking to the long detention of the juveniles, the trial Court is directed to expedite the trial and ensure that the trial is completed as early as possible.
Sd/-
(Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal) Judge
Rao
2 issues framed by the court
Whether to allow revisions challenging rejection of bail applications for juveniles accused of murder in collusion with adult co-accused.
Whether the release of the juveniles would defeat the ends of justice given the gravity of the offence and lack of supervision.
2 provisions across 1 enactments
XYZ
State Of Chhattisgarh
Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal
As recorded by the court registry
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