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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous Bail Application No. 15869/2024 Hansraj Khatri S/o Shri Mishri Lal, Aged About 43 Years, R/o Guda Balotaran, Tehsil Shore , Dist Jalore(Raj)

----Petitioner Versus State Of Rajasthan, Through Pp ----Respondent For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Gulab Singh Bhati For Respondent(s) : Mr. Hanuman Prajapati, PP with Mr. Omprakash Choudhary HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANEESH SHARMA

Order

21/04/2026

1. While apprehending the arrest in connection with FIR No.235/2023 lodged at Police Station Samdari, District Balotra for offence under Section 306 IPC, the present anticipatory bail application has been preferred under Section 482 of B.N.S.S., 2023 on behalf of the petitioner.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case and has not committed any offences as narrated in the FIR. He further submits that the petitioner has never abetted the deceased to commit suicide in any manner. He further submits that the petitioner has joined the investigation and co-operated with the Investigating agency, therefore, no custodial interrogation is required and prays that the petitioner may granted the benefit of anticipatory bail.

3. In order to buttress his contention, learned counsel for the petitioner relied upon the judgments passed in the matter of Prabhat Kumar Mishra @ Prabhat Mishra Vs. State of U.P. passed by Hon’ble Apex Court and Sushil Kumar @ Sushil Yadav Vs. State of Haryana² passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

4. Per contra, learned Public Prosecutor vehemently opposes the submissions and submits a factual report dated 11.03.2026 received from the Police Station Samdari, District Balotra, wherein it is mentioned that, after a detailed investigation, a suicide note and certain video clips recorded in the mobile of the deceased in which the deceased Kanti Lal has repeatedly levelled the allegations against the present petitioner for spoiling his life/abetment to commit suicide. He further submits that there are as many as six videos and their video analysis reports available on record, which are sufficient evidence to connect the petitioner with the crime, and accordingly prays for dismissal of the present anticipatory bail application.

5. The factual report dated 11.03.2026 submitted by the learned Public Prosecutor is taken on record.

6. Heard learned counsel for both parties and perused the material available on record.

7. From a bare perusal of the material available on record, especially the suicide note, video clips so recorded and its analysis report, wherein the deceased Kanti Lal has specifically levelled allegations against the petitioner, it cannot be said that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case.

8. So far as the judgments cited by the learned counsel for the petitioner are concerned, though there is no quarrel on the legal

1 AIR 2024 SC 1405

2 AIR ONLINE 2024 P AND H 466 proposition laid down therein, the facts and circumstances of the case are on a different footing, and thus, distinguishable.

9. Therefore, while considering the facts and circumstances of the case, more particularly that the deceased-Kanti Lal has levelled specific allegations against the present petitioner in the suicide note and video clips recorded in the mobile of the deceased; that prima facie involvement of the petitioner cannot be denied at this stage; that there is specific evidence available on record to connect the petitioner with the alleged crime; and looking to the gravity of the offence, I do not find any good reason to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

10. Accordingly, the anticipatory bail application filed by the petitioner is hereby dismissed.

11. It is made it clear that the observations made hereinabove are only for deciding the present anticipatory bail application without commenting on the merits/de-merits of the case, and shall not influence the trial of the case in any mann