Bail petitioner namely, Rakesh Kumar, who is behind
the bars since 10.10.2023, has approached this Court in the
instant proceedings filed under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik
Suraksha Sanhita, for grant of regular bail in case FIR No. 159 of
2023, dated 9.10.2023, registered at Police Station Jogindernagar,
District Mandi, Himachal Pradesh under Ss. 201, 302, 376-D, 34 of
IPC.
1 Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment?
2. Respondent-State has filed status report and
Investigating Officer has come present with record. Record
perused and returned.
3. Perusal of the status report as well as record reveals
that on 09.10.2023, police, upon receiving telephonic information
from one Sanjay Kumar, son of Sh. Raju Ram, resident of Upper
Aarthi, Tehsil Jogindernagar, District Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, to
the effect that a woman was lying dead in the rain shelter near the
approach road, immediately reached the spot and recorded the
statement of the complainant, as named hereinabove, wherein he
alleged that on 09.10.2023, while he was proceeding on foot to his
shop at around 6:35/6:40 AM, he noticed a woman lying on the
floor of the rain shelter in a naked condition. He further alleged that
one scarf (dupatta) was found tied around the neck of the woman
and she was dead. He also alleged that subsequently he came to
know the name of deceased woman was Satya Devi, wife of Khem
Singh. On the basis of the aforesaid complaint, an FIR under
Section 302 IPC was registered against unknown persons. During
the course of investigation, police checked CCTV footage from a
camera installed outside a departmental/vegetable store owned by
one Sh. Karan Singh and found that on 08.10.2023 at 11:34 PM, a
pickup vehicle coming from Jogindernagar side had halted/stopped
near the rain shelter at the approach road. It also revealed from the
CCTV footage that four individuals alighted from the pickup and
laid their bedding on the floor of the rain shelter. While the four
persons were laying down their bedding on the floor of rain shelter,
one lady i.e. deceased woman could also be seen standing
nearby.