Case brief
What is this about?
Jharkhand HC bail application allowed (B.A. No.75 of 2025, 07.03.2025): repeat bail plea of Aasman Khandait after rejection of B.A. No.3895 of 2024 on 05.07.2024; POCSO/IPC S.376 & 511 case (Hatgamharia P.S. Case No. 26 of 2023 / Spl. POCSO Case No.40 of 2023); custody since 01.09.2023; trial slow with only two witnesses (incl. IO) left of 14; bail on Rs.20,000 bond plus two sureties before Special Judge (POCSO), Chaibasa, with conditions of attendance at trial and non-tampering with evidence/witnesses.
What did the court decide?
Release of the petitioner on bail on furnishing a bail bond of Rs.20,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Judge-1-cum-Special Judge (POCSO), West Singhbhum at Chaibasa, subject to conditions of physical appearance on each trial date till conclusion (unless dispensed with for sufficient cause) and of not tampering with prosecution evidence or influencing or gaining over witnesses.