Allowed
Sunil Mahto Alias Sunil Mehta v. the State of Jharkhand
Jharkhand HCB.A./11963/2019
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
The petitioner, an accused in a POCSO case involving alleged gang rape, was granted bail. The High Court noted that co-accused persons in a similarly situated case had been acquitted and the informant had turned hostile. The court directed release on a bail bond with sureties, conditional upon the petitioner's availability for trial.
What did the court decide?
Petitioner directed to be released on bail on furnishing a bond of Rs. 10,000 with two sureties of similar amount, subject to remaining available for trial.