Chandan Kumar v. the State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
B.A. No. 706 of 2025; High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi; Gautam Kumar Choudhary, J.; order dated 04.04.2025; bail application rejected; renewed bail after two rejections on merit (23.08.2023, 12.04.2024); Sections 302/34 IPC; S.T. No. 886 of 2022; Chutia P.S. Case No. 151 of 2022; custody since 12.07.2022; disclosure statement as sole evidence; contradictions in seizure-list witness statements; doubt on recovery; appreciation of evidence at bail stage prejudices trial; no new ground; trial to be expedited; Additional Judicial Commissioner III, Ranchi; Suraj Kishore Prasad for petitioner; Pankaj Kumar P.P. for State.
What did the court decide?
The Court held that appreciation of evidence while hearing the bail application would prejudice the trial, found no new ground for considering the bail application, and accordingly rejected the petitioner's prayer for bail.