Khurshid Qureshi @ Khurshid Mian v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.20742 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-739 Year-2018 Thana- ARA NAGAR District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Khurshid Qureshi @ Khurshid Mian, aged about 45 years, Male, Son of Late Jamil Qureshi Resident of Village - Kasai Tola, P.S.- Ara Nagar, DistrictBhojpur ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Chitranjan Sinha, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Ashutosh Nath, Adv.
For the State :
Mr.Bharat Bhushan (APP) For the Informant :
Mr. Ravindra Kumar, Adv.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHIVAJI PANDEY ORAL ORDER 24-02-2021 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State as also counsel for the Informant. In this case, the petitioner is seeking bail in connection with Ara (Town) P.S. Case No. 739 of 2018 registered for offences under sections 387, 302, 307/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 27 of the Arms Act. In the present case, an allegation has been made that on 6.12.2018 when the Informant along with other family members were managing their shop, the accused persons came there and demanded Rs. 10,00,000/- as extortion money and when the brother of the Informant refused to give, all the accused persons started to abuse them and when it was objected,
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.20742 of 2020(6) dt.24-02-2021 2/2 the accused persons killed the brother of the Informant. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the Informant, who is said to the witness to the alleged occurrence, has disowned the contents of the F.I.R. as well as no blood mark has been found at the place of occurrence and the C.C.T.V. camera has also not captured the presence of the present petitioner at the place of occurrence as also no independent witness has been examined in the present case. Learned counsel for the State and Informant has pointed out that the trial is at advance stage as all the witnesses have been examined and the parties are at the stage of argument. In view of the above, this Court, without considering the case on merit, rejects the prayer for bail of the petitioner. (Shivaji Pandey, J) rishi/- U T