IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. OF 2026
(arising out of SLP (Crl.) No.1994 of 2026)
VIKRAM SINGH Appellant(s)
VERSUS
STATE OF RAJASTHAN & ORS.
1. STATE OF RAJASTHAN
2. GOVIND SINGH
3. MOHAN SINGH
4. DEVENDRA SINGH
5. RAKESH SINGH
Respondent(s)
1
O R D E R
1. Leave granted.
2. Though the office report records that
respondent Nos.2, 3, 4 and 5 have not been
served, we find that these respondents are
proforma respondents as they are the co-accused
who sought bail along with the appellant before
the High Court and were, therefore, made
parties to this case.
3. The appellant is aggrieved by the denial of
regular bail by the Rajasthan High Court at
Jodhpur, vide order dated 09/04/2025 passed in
S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous Bail Application
No.7000 of 2024, in connection with FIR
No.309/2023, registered at Police Station Bhim,
District-Rajsamand, Rajasthan, for offences
punishable under Sections 147, 148, 302, 201 &
2
120-B read with Section 149 IPC. The appellant
has been in custody since 23/01/2024.
4. We find that another co-accused of the
appellant, who stands similarly situated in all
respects, was granted bail by this Court, vide
order dated 14/10/2025 passed in Criminal
Appeal No. 4504 of 2025. As was the case with
that co-accused, the appellant was not named in
the FIR and though an iron rod i...