Dismissed¶16
Mangalnath Chik Baraik v. the State of Jharkhand
Jharkhand HCB.A./5048/2025
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Jharkhand High Court, Ranchi; B.A. No. 5048 of 2025; Justice Ambuj Nath; bail rejected 04.11.2025; petitioner Mangalnath Chik Baraik; Section 103(1) BNS 2023 murder charge; Sursang P.S. Case No. 13 of 2024; Judicial Magistrate 1st class Gumla; axe assault on informant's mother on 11.11.2024; informant not eyewitness; Devpal claimed eyewitness; bail prayer rejected; trial court directed to expedite trial.
What did the court decide?
The court was not inclined to release the petitioner on bail and rejected his prayer for bail; the informant is not an eyewitness, while the State submitted that one Devpal claimed himself to be an eyewitness who saw the petitioner assaulting the deceased. ¶16