Dismissed¶21

Pramod Kumar Meena S/O Shri Prakash Chand Meena, v. State of Rajasthan

Rajasthan HC9 Apr 2026CRLMB/4176/2026

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What is this about?

Regular bail refused — Pramod Kumar Meena v. State of Rajasthan, S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous Bail Application No. 4176/2026, Rajasthan HC Jaipur (Shubha Mehta, J.), 09.04.2026; S. 482 BNSS; FIR No. 360/2025, PS Kotwali Sojat City; Ss. 115(2), 126(2), 109(1), 191(3), 189(2), 103(1), 61(2)(a) BNS; witnesses named accused in S. 180 BNSS statements; prima facie complicity not excluded; plea of false implication/absence from FIR rejected; bail application dismissed.

What did the court decide?

The witnesses named the petitioner-accused in their statements under Section 180 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita. ¶20

Pramod Kumar Meena S/O Shri Prakash Chand… — Murder and Culpable Homicide | Rajasthan HC (2026)

What the court decided

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Outcome

Dismissed

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Issue for consideration

Whether regular bail should be granted to the petitioner, Pramod Kumar Meena, under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita in FIR No. 360/2025 of Police Station Kotwali, Sojat City, registered for offences under Sections 115(2), 126(2), 109(1), 191(3), 189(2), 103(1) and 61(2)(a) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

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Court's answer

The witnesses named the petitioner-accused in their statements under Section 180 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.

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Ratio / Principle

Prima facie, it cannot be said that the petitioner-accused had no complicity of any kind in the offence and was being falsely implicated.

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Key takeaways

The Court recorded the prosecution's statement that an action expressed in the source text as "xgu vUos"k.n" by/vis-à-vis the petitioner remained to be carried out. The precise nature of this step could not be reliably decoded from the legacy-encoded source and is deliberately left untranslated rather than guessed.ratio¶20
Taking into account all the facts and circumstances stated above, extending the benefit of regular bail to the petitioner-accused did not appear appropriate.ratio¶20
Consequently, the bail application preferred by the petitioner-accused under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita is dismissed.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Rajasthan HC (Jaipur), Shubha Mehta, J. — S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous Bail Application No. 4176/2026, decided 09.04.2026. Regular bail sought under S. 482, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita by Pramod Kumar Meena in FIR No. 360/2025, Police Station Kotwali, Sojat City, for offences under Ss. 115(2), 126(2), 109(1), 191(3), 189(2), 103(1) and 61(2)(a), Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Petitioner's counsel urged false implication — name absent from the FIR, no witness attributing to him any role in the death of Monu, co-accused absconding, no previous criminal case, readiness to join investigation. The Public Prosecutor countered that witnesses had proved the petitioner's presence at the quarrel, that he was party to it and among those who made the deceased and others get down from the bus, and that a step recorded in the source as "xgu vUos"k.n" against the petitioner yet remained. Held: the witnesses had named the petitioner-accused in their S. 180 BNSS statements; hence, prima facie, it could not be said that he had no complicity in the offence and was being falsely implicated; extension of regular bail did not appear appropriate; bail application dismissed.

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[2026:RJ-JP:14808]

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR

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S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous Bail Application No. 4176/2026

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Pramod Kumar Meena S/o Shri Prakash Chand Meena, Aged About 35 Years, Resident Of Nekchal Road, Bengali Colony Deoli, Police Thana Deoli, District Tonk (Rajasthan).

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----Petitioner

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Versus

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State Of Rajasthan, Through P.p.

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----Respondent

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For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Anoop Agarwal For Respondent(s) : Mr. Amit Kumar Gupta, PP

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HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SHUBHA MEHTA

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Order

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09/04/2026

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izkFkhZ dh vksj ls /kkjk 482 Hkkjrh; ukxfjd lqj{kk lafgrk ds izko/kkuksa ds vUrxZr iqfyl Fkkuk dksrokyh lokbZek/kksiqj esa ntZ izFke lwpuk fjiksVZ la[;k 360@2025 vijk/k vUrxZr /kkjk 115¼2½] 126¼2½] 109¼1½] 191¼3½] 189¼2½] 103¼1½] 61¼2½¼,½ Hkkjrh; U;k; lafgrk esa vfxze tekur dk ykHk fn;s tkus gsrq ;g izkFkZuki= is”k fd;k x;k gSA

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cgl lquh xbZA izkFkhZ ds fo}ku vf/koDrk dk rdZ gS fd izkFkhZ dks izdj.k esa feF;k Qalk;k x;k gSA mudk rdZ gS fd izkFkhZ dk uke izFke lwpuk fjiksVZ esa vafdr ugha gSA fdlh Hkh lk{khx.k us izkFkhZ dh dksbZ Hkwfedk eukst dh e`R;q dkfjr djus esa ugha crkbZ gSA izdj.k esa tks Hkh vk{ksi gSa] os eukst eh.kk ,oa nhid ij gSA izkFkhZ ds fo:) iwoZ dk dksbZ vkijkf/kd izdj.k lafLFkr ugha gSA izkFkhZ vUos"k.k esa Hkkx ysdj lg;ksx djus ds fy, rRij gSA vr% izkFkhZ&vfHk;qDr dks vfxze tekur dk ykHk fn;s tkus dh izkFkZuk dh xbZA

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blds foijhr ;ksX; yksd vfHk;kstd dk rdZ gS fd nksuksa i{kksa ds e/; vkil esa >xM+k gksus ds le; izkFkhZ dh mifLFkfr lk{khx.k us izdV dh gS vkSj ;g

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Hkh dgk gS fd >xM+s esa izkFkhZ&vfHk;qDr 'kkfey Fkk rFkk e`rd o vU; dks cl ls mrkjus okyksa esa Hkh izkFkhZ 'kkfey FkkA izkFkhZ&vfHk;qDr ls xgu vUos"k.k fd;k tkuk 'ks"k gSA vr% izkFkhZ&vfHk;qDr dk vfxze tekur izkFkZuki= fujLr fd;k tkosA

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geus rdZ&fordZ ij euu fd;kA i=koyh dk /;kuiwoZd v/;;u fd;k x;kA izkFkhZ&vfHk;qDr ds fo:) /kkjk 115¼2½] 126¼2½] 109¼1½] 191¼3½] 189¼2½] 103¼1½] 61¼2½¼,½ Hkkjrh; U;k; lafgrk ds vijk/kksa dk vfHk;ksx gSA lk{khx.k gjh'k pUnsy] iadt [khaph] cnzhyky] lksuw] lquhy dqekj] jktwyky vkfn us vius /kkjk 180 Hkkjrh; ukxfjd lqj{kk lafgrk ds dFkuksa esa izkFkhZ&vfHk;qDr dk uke fy;k gS] blfy;s izFke n`"V;k ;g ugha dgk tk ldrk gS fd izkFkhZ&vfHk;qDr dh vijk/k esa fdlh izdkj dh dksbZ lafyIrrk ugha jgh gks vkSj mls feF;k lafyIr fd;k tk jgk gksA izdj.k esa izkFkhZ ls xgu vUos"k.k fd;s tkus dh vko';drk gksuk crk;k x;k gSA mi;qZDr leLr rF;ksa ,oa ifjfLFkfr;ksa dks /;ku eas j[krs gq, izkFkhZ&vfHk;qDr dks vfxze tekur dk ykHk fn;k tkuk mfpr izrhr ugha gksrk gSA

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ifj.kkeLo:i izkFkhZ&vfHk;qDr dh vksj ls /kkjk 482 Hkkjrh; ukxfjd lqj{kk lafgrk ds izko/kkuksa ds vUrxZr izLrqr ;g tekur izkFkZuk i= fujLr fd;k tkrk gSA

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(SHUBHA MEHTA),J

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VISHAL SHARMA /12

Pramod Kumar Meena S/O Shri Prakash Chand Meena, v. State of Rajasthan

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