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Kalu Urf Bala S/O Ramchandra v. State of Rajasthan

Rajasthan HC4 Feb 2025CRLAS/3198/2024

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What is this about?

Criminal appeals under Section 14-A SC/ST Act challenging rejection of bail for offences including SC/ST Act provisions and IPC Sections 427 and 307. With two material witnesses declared hostile, trial slow, and long custody, the High Court allowed the appeals and granted bail with surety conditions.

What did the court decide?

Appellants released on bail on personal bond Rs.1,00,000 each with two sureties of Rs.50,000; order rejecting bail set aside.

Kalu Urf Bala S/O Ramchandra Vs State of Rajasthan — Caste Atrocities | Rajasthan HC (2025)

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[2025:RJ-JP:4936]

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR

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S.B. Criminal Appeal (Sb) No. 3198/2024

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Kalu urf Bala S/o Ramchandra, Aged About 40 Years, R/o Gahlod Police Station Peeplu District Tonk. (Presently Confined In Central Jail Tonk).

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----Appellant

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Versus

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State of Rajasthan, Through PP

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Devlal S/o Laxminaryan Gurjar, Aged About 42 Years, R/o Gahlod Peeplu District Tonk, (Raj).

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----Respondents

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Connected With

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S.B. Criminal Appeal (Sb) No. 3199/2024

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Mukesh S/o Ramnarayan, Aged About 35 Years, Resident Of Gahlod Police Station Peeplu District Tonk. (At Present Confined In District Jail Tonk, Raj).

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----Appellant

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Versus

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State of Rajasthan, Through PP

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Devlal S/o Laxminarayan, Resident of Gahlod Police Station Peeplu District Tonk.

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----Respondents

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For Appellant(s) : Mr. Aman Ali Mr. Rohit Khandelwal For Respondent(s) : Mr. Vijay Singh Yadav, PP Mr. Vijendra Yadav for complainant

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HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GANESH RAM MEENA

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Order

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04/02/2025

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Both of these criminal appeals have been filed under Section

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14(A) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (hereinafter to be referred as 'the SC/ST Act’) on

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behalf of the appellants being aggrieved with the order dated

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26.11.2024 passed by the learned Special Judge, S.C./S.T. (Prevention of Atrocities Cases), Tonk (hereinafter to be referred as ‘the trial court’) in Bail Application(C.I.S.) No.150/2024, whereby the trial court has dismissed the bail application filed on behalf of the appellants in connection with FIR No.56/2024 registered at Police Station Peeplu, District Tonk for the offences punishable under Sections 323, 436, 504 & 34 of IPC and under Sections 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s) & 3(2)(va) of SC/ST Act. Later on charges were framed for offences under Section 427 & 307 of IPC.

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The first appeals of both the appellants were dismissed by this Court vide order dated 07.10.2024 with liberty to file fresh appeal after examination of the material prosecution witnesses namely; Dev Lal, Birbal & Shoeb.

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Heard.

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Considered the submissions made at Bar and also perused the statements of the material prosecution witnesses namely; Dev Lal, Birbal & Shoeb.

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The witness- Birbal (PW2) has not supported the prosecution story and has been declared hostile. Witness Shoeb (PW1) has also not supported the prosecution story and has been declared hostile. Though the witness- Dev Lal who is the complainant, has made specific allegations against the present accused- appellants as regards the involvement in the crime, however, taking into consideration the evidence of the two other independent witnesses namely; Dev Lal & Shoeb, the probability of false implications cannot be ruled out and the accused- appellants are in custody

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since 02.07.2024 and as per the list of witnesses out of total 21 prosecution witnesses only four has been examined so far, this Court feels that the accused-appellants deserve to be released on bail.

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Accordingly, these criminal appeals filed under Section 14-A of SC/ST Act is allowed and order dated 26.11.2024 passed by the learned Special Judge S.C./S.T. (Prevention of Atrocities Cases), Kota is set aside. It is directed that appellant shall be released on bail in connection with FIR No.54/2024 registered at Police Station Mahaveer Nagar, District Kota City, provided each of them shall execute a personal bond in a sum of Rs.1,00,000/-/- with two sound and solvent sureties of Rs.50,000/- each to the satisfaction of learned trial court for their appearance before that court on each and every date of hearing and whenever called upon to do so till the completion of the trial.

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The Registry is directed to place a copy of this order in connected case file.

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(GANESH RAM MEENA),J

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DIVYA SAINI /26-27

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