Mithu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.12032 of 2016 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -66 Year- 2015 Thana -AURAI District- MUZAFFARPUR ====================================================== Mithu Kumar Son of Late Ranjanam Rai, resident of village - Lahasurka, P.S. Tariyanee, Distt. - Sheohar .... .... Petitioner

Versus

The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Hari Kishore Thakur, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Dr. Kr.Uday Pratap, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 17-03-2016 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.

The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in connection with Aurai P. S. Case No. 66 of 2015 registered under Sections 363, 365, 364 and 302 of the Indian Penal Code.

Regard being had to the gravity of the offence and the observations made by the learned 1st Additional Sessions Judge in the impugned order dated 06.02.2016 wherein he has recorded that the accused Amir Nath Rai had confessed his guilt of murder and named the petitioner, who is the husband of the deceased, as the person who had instructed him to kill the deceased over telephone, I am not inclined to grant him pre-

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.12032 of 2016 (2) dt.17-03-2016 2/2 arrest bail. Accordingly, his prayer for grant of pre-arrest bail is rejected.

(Ashwani Kumar Singh, J.) Kanchan/- U T