Sukan Bhuiyan v. the State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
Jharkhand High Court, Ranchi; bail application rejected; repeat/second bail plea after rejection in B.A. No. 2479 of 2025 (order dated 27.03.2025); alleged murder of wife by stoning; charge under Sections 302/201/120B IPC; Hussainabad P.S. Case No. 93 of 2022; G.R. No. 1023 of 2022; S.T. No. 497 of 2022; trial pending before Additional Sessions Judge-VI, Palamau; defence plea of sudden provocation; two witnesses remaining; direction to State to promptly produce remaining witnesses and communicate order to SP, Director Prosecution and trial court; Coram: Anubha Rawat Choudhary, J.; decided 01.07.2026.
What did the court decide?
No relief to the petitioner: prayer for bail rejected. However, the State is directed to ensure that the remaining witnesses be promptly produced before the court (only two witnesses remained to be examined); the learned counsel for the State is directed to communicate the order to the Superintendent of Police of the concerned District and to the Director, Prosecution; and the order is to be communicated to the concerned court through FAX/e-mail.