Laxman Sahni @ Lakshaman Kumar Sahani v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.26561 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-222 Year-2020 Thana- RAJNAGAR District- Madhubani ====================================================== LAXMAN SAHNI @ LAKSHAMAN KUMAR SAHANI S/o Bisho Sahni R/o Village- Sriganj, Rampatti, P.S.- Rajnagar, District- Madhubani. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Ashok Kumar, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Raj Kishore Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 15-02-2022 Heard learned counsel for the parties through video conferencing.
The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in a case registered under section 302 and other sections of the Indian Penal Code and section 27 of the Arms Act.
As per the prosecution case, the petitioner is stated to have shot the nephew of the informant leading to his death in course of treatment.
It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case. From perusal of the statements of independent witnesses recorded in course of investigation, it would transpire that the witnesses in paragraph nos.13 and 14 of the case diary state Arun Sahni to be
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.26561 of 2021(5) dt.15-02-2022 2/2 the sole assailant. The said Arun Sahni also confessed to his guilt and the Superintendent of Police in his supervision has also come to the conclusion that it was Arun Sahni who shot the deceased. The petitioner is in custody since 18.10.2020 and has no criminal antecedent.
Heard learned A.P.P. for the State.
Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the direct allegation against the petitioner in the F.I.R. of having shot the nephew of the informant which is supported from the contents of the postmortem report, the Court is not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail and the application is rejected.
Learned trial court is directed to expedite the trial. (Partha Sarthy, J) Saurabh/- U T