ORDER :

KULDEEP MATHUR, J.

This application for bail under Section 483 of BNSS (439 Cr.P.C.) has been filed by the petitioner who has been arrested in connection with F.I.R. No.114/2024 registered at Police Station Sankda, District Jaisalmer, for offences under Sections 498A and 323 IPC and Sections 110, 123 and 49 of BNS.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the co-accused Sugani @ Sugana (S.B. Cr. Misc. Bail Application No.14661/2024) has already been enlarged on bail by this Court vide order dated 06.12.2024. Learned counsel submitted that the case of the present petitioner is not worse than the case of above named co-accused who has already been enlarged on bail.

3. Learned counsel submitted that the petitioner is in judicial custody; challan has already been filed and the trial of the case will take sufficiently long time, therefore, the benefit of bail may be granted to the accused-petitioner.

4. Per contra, learned Public Prosecutor has opposed the bail application. However, he was not in a position to refute the fact that co-accused Sugani @ Sugana has already been enlarged on bail.

5. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Public Prosecutor. Perused