Pitho Besra v. the State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
Bail application B.A. No. 8795 of 2025 (neutral citation 2025:JHHC:37713), High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi, decided 16.12.2025 by Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ambuj Nath. Petitioner no. 1 Pitho Besra withdrew his bail application (dismissed as withdrawn). Petitioner no. 2 Kanhu Besra, accused in Borio P.S. Case No. 34/2025 under Sections 103(1), 238 & 3(5) of the B.N.S., 2023 (pending before Sri S. K. Verma, Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Sahibganj), was released on bail on a Rs. 20,000/- bail bond with two like sureties; the decision turned on the general and omnibus allegation of assault against 10 accused persons including petitioner no. 2, undisputed by the A.P.P. (Mr. Nawin Kr. Singh); petitioners' counsel: Mr. Pratiush Lala. Keywords: bail, omnibus allegation, B.N.S. 2023, Borio, Sahibganj, Kanhu Besra, Pitho Besra.
What did the court decide?
Petitioner no. 2 (Kanhu Besra) directed to be released on bail on furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of Sri S. K. Verma, Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Sahibganj, in connection with Borio P.S. Case No. 34/2025; the bail application of petitioner no. 1 (Pitho Besra) dismissed as withdrawn.