RANCHI, India, March 8 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on Feb. 6:

I.A. No. 16833 of 2025

1. Heard Mr. Mayank Mohit Sinha, learned counsel appearing for the appellant and learned A.P.P.

2. This application has been preferred by the appellant for grant of bail during the pendency of the appeal. The appellant has been convicted for the offence under Section 302 of the IPC and has been sentenced undergo R.I. for life along with the fine of Rs. 20,000/-.

3. It has been alleged that informant had received an information on 23.07.2023 that his father has been murdered by some unknown persons in the house of Haji Imran. On receiving such information, the informant rushed to the place of occurrence where he had seen his father lying dead.

4. Submission has been advanced by the learned counsel for the appellant that the First Information Report was instituted against unknown persons. It has further been submitted that a chisel (a sharp cutting weapon) was recovered on the confession of the appellant from behind the bushes, but the post-mortem report indicates that the cause of death was by hard and blunt substance, which had taking place within 12 hours prior to the post-mortem examination which does not match with the time of the appellant having been seen fleeing away from the place of occurrence. Learned counsel submits that in CCTV footage, it was found that the appellant was fleeing away from the place of occurrence, but when the pen drive was inserted in the computer, the same was found blank. Learned counsel also submits that admittedly, there were no eye witnesses to the occurrence and only on the basis of weak circumstantial evidence, the appellant has been convicted.

5. Learned A.P.P. has opposed the prayer for bail of the appellant. Though, the pen drive, which had the footage of the appellant fleeing away from the place of occurrence was found to be blank, but the other strong circumstances against the appellant is the fact that the wearing apparels of the appellant contained blood stains and the same matched in the FSL report with the blood of the deceased and in view of such incriminating circumstance, we are no inclined to admit the appellant on bail. His prayer for bail is, hereby, rejected.

6. I.A. No. 16833 of 2025 stands disposed of

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