Jharkhand High Court
Raja Ram Hansda vs The State Of Jharkhand on 24 February, 2026
Author: Rongon Mukhopadhyay
Bench: Rongon Mukhopadhyay
THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 1411 of 2025
Raja Ram Hansda ... Appellant
Versus
The State of Jharkhand ... Respondent
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CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RONGON MUKHOPADHYAY
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRADEEP KUMAR SRIVASTAVA
For the Appellant : Mr. R. S. Mazumdar, Sr. Advocate
Mr. Nishant Kr. Roy, Advocate
For the State : Spl. P.P.
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Order No. 04 Dated 24th February, 2026
I.A. No. 1493 of 2026
Heard the learned counsel for the respective parties.
This application has been preferred by the appellant for grant of bail
to him during the pendency of this appeal.
The appellant has been convicted for the offences u/s 148, 341/149,
342/149, 324/149, 338/149, 307/149, 302/149 and 117 of the IPC and has
been sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life along with a fine of Rs.
10,000/- for the offence u/s 302/149 of the IPC.
It has been alleged that the villagers at the instigation of the Mukhiya,
Gram Pradhan as well as one Jagat Mardi had committed assault upon the
brother of the informant and several others which resulted in the death of
four persons.
Submission has been advanced by the learned senior counsel for the
appellant that so far as the appellant is concerned, he was the Mukhiya of
the village and aged about 70 years and is in custody since 22.03.2017. It has
further been submitted that the evidence of most of the witnesses indicates
that there is a doubt with respect to the identification of the appellant in
committing assault upon Vikash Verma, the brother of the informant.
Learned senior counsel while referring to the evidence of the Doctor who
had conducted the postmortem examination being PW-3 has submitted that
several lacerated wounds and abrasions were found on the person of the
deceased which is contrary to the allegation that the appellant had given an
axe blow on the head of the deceased.
Learned Spl. P.P. has opposed the prayer for bail of the appellant.
It appears from the evidence of several of the eye witnesses even that
of PW-12 PW-13 that the appellant had given one blow with an axe on the
head of the deceased Vikash Verma and so far as the postmortem report is
concerned, the cause of death has been opined to be on account of fracture
of head which was sufficient to cause death in ordinary course. The
postmortem report therefore corroborates the evidence of the witnesses
with respect to the manner of assault committed by the appellant.
On such consideration, therefore, we are not inclined to admit the
appellant on bail. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the appellant is hereby
rejected at this stage.
This I.A. stands rejected.
(RONGON MUKHOPADHYAY, J.)
(PRADEEP KUMAR SRIVASTAVA, J.)
MK
14.02.2026
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