Rajasthan High Court – Jodhpur
Prahlad Ram vs State Of Rajasthan (2025:Rj-Jd:27391) on 18 June, 2025
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT
JODHPUR
S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous Bail Application No. 6699/2025
Prahlad Ram S/o Shri Mangi Lal, Aged About 35 Years, R/o
Khetasar, Police Station Osian, District - Jodhpur.
(At Present Lodged In Central Jail, Jodhpur)
----Petitioner
Versus
State Of Rajasthan, Through Public Prosecutor
----Respondent
For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Arjun Singh Rathore
For Respondent(s) : Mr. Narendra Singh Chandawat, Public
Prosecutor
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SHRIMALI
(VACATION JUDGE)
Order
18/06/2025
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.44/2025, registered at Police Station
Vivek Vihar, District – Jodhpur City West for offences under
Sections 127(2), 140(3), 308(2), 308(5), 115(2), 351(2), 351(3),
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned
Public Prosecutor. Perused the material available on record.
As per the case of the prosecution, the complainant
Mahendra has given a written report on 17.02.2025 to the effect
that on 16.02.2025 at about 2:30 pm, Sushila, the wife of
Narayan Lal (his relative) received a phone call on his mobile
phone informing that her husband Narayan Lal has left the house
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on 15.02.2025 for going to Jodhpur through flight. At about 3:00
pm she received a phone call that her husband Narayan Lal has
been kidnapped by some persons and they are beating him. The
caller also made a video call to her in which they saw that her
husband was being beaten by the accused persons. Accused
persons demanded a bribe of Rs.10 lacs from her. Her husband
also informed her that the accused persons honey trapped him
and also snatched away the his gold and silver rings, gold
jewellery worn in his ears, Rs.9000/- cash and his debit/credit
cards.
Learned counsel for the petitioner argued that accused-
petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case. He is
not involved in the offence of kidnapping and beating of Narayan
Lal. The whole story of the prosecution is false and concocted.
Accused petitioner has not been named in the FIR nor specific act
has been attributed to him.
Learned counsel for the petitioner further submitted that the
charge-sheet has already been filed in the matter and the accused
is in judicial custody since long and the trial of the case will take
sufficiently long time, therefore, the accused-petitioner may be
enlarged on bail.
Per contra, learned Public Prosecutor vehemently opposed
the bail application and submitted that accused along with other
co-accused persons, has committed a serious crime of kidnapping
Narayan Lal. The caller also made a video call to her in which
they saw that her husband was being beaten by the accused
persons. Accused persons demanded a bribe of Rs.10 lacs from
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her. Her husband also informed her that the accused persons
honey trapped him and also snatched away the his gold and silver
rings, gold jewellery worn in his ears, Rs.9000/- cash and his
debit/credit cards. Therefore, he prayed that looking to the
gravity of the offence, benefit of bail may not be extended to the
petitioner.
From the material available on record, it reveals that accused
persons honey trapped the victim Narayan Lal and called him from
Jaipur to Jodhpur and thereafter accused Prahlad Ram, Praveen
Nath, Subhash Chandra and Leela kidnapped him and detained
him in the flat of accused Prahlad Ram. They also took a cash of
Rs.9,000/- from him and got transferred Rs.1,55,000/- through
his debit/credit card.
During investigation, accused persons have been arrested
alongwith a Creta Car bearing registration No.19-CP-0346. At the
instance of the accused Praveen Nath a sharped Jambia has been
recovered. The aforesaid Creta car was seized from the possession
of present petitioner Prahlad Ram. Accused Prahlad Ram also got
recovered the gold and silver jewellery snatched from the Narayan
Lal Accused persons Praveen Nath, Prahlad Ram, Subhash
Chandra and Leela have been interrogated and arrested. From
the accused Leela, Prahlad Ram, Praveen Nath and Subhash
Chandra, one mobile phone of Realmi, Oppo, Narzo and Redmi
companies respectively, were recovered.
This Court finds that at this stage, when the relevant
prosecution witnesses are yet to be examined, it cannot be said
that the accused has not committed any offence. The involvement
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of the accused in the commission of offence can be ascertained
only after recording of the statements of the witnesses. No
comment can be made on the merits/demerits of the case at this
stage.
Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case,
this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the accused-petitioner.
The bail application is, therefore, rejected at this stage.
(CHANDRA PRAKASH SHRIMALI),VJ
97-Ramesh Goyal, P.S./-
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