Chhotu Yadav @ Sushil Kumar Yadav v. State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
Jharkhand HC (Ranchi), B.A. No. 11021 of 2025, order dated 06.01.2026, Gautam Kumar Choudhary, J: bail prayer of Chhotu Yadav @ Sushil Kumar Yadav rejected in Chhatarpur P.S. Case No. 196 of 2025, S. 310(2) BNS 2023 (highway dacoity); petitioner in custody since 02.10.2025; State opposed citing named-in-FIR allegation and three criminal antecedents; defence cited naming on suspicion, one-day delay in lodging FIR, and non-apprehension from spot.
What did the court decide?
Considering the seriousness of the allegation and the nature of the offence, the Court was not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail; the prayer for bail was rejected. ¶12