Ajay Pandey v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.23228 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-132 Year-2020 Thana- DAUDNAGAR District- Aurangabad ====================================================== Ajay Pandey Son of Ramadhar Pandey @ Late Ramadhar Pandey Resident of Arai, P.S. - Daudnagar, Dist. - Aurangabad, Bihar. ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Ravindra Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Nagendra Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 03-04-2026 Heard Mr.Ravindra Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Nagendra Prasad, learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner is in judicial custody in connection with P.S. Case No. of 202 for the offence punishable under Sections 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act lodged on by the informant .
3. As per the prosecution story, the informant alleged that on 13.05.2020 in presence of her full brothers her brother in law (Bhaishur), Ajay Pandey (Petitioner) assaulted her husband in the court yard. In the meantime Ajay Pandey took out pistol from Prayer (Puja) room and fired upon her husband which hit on his neck and he fell down in frenzied condition, thereafter, he fled away from the house along with pistol. The injured husband was taken for treatment who died during the course of treatment
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.23228 of 2026(2) dt.03-04-2026 2/2 at Sadar Hospital Aurangabad. This led to the FIR.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he has remained in custody for long and as such deserves bail.
5. Learned APP on the other hand opposes the prayer submitting that the direct allegation against him is of killing of his own brother and further with the help of learned Sessions Judge order shows that four out of seven witnesses including the Doctor has already been examined. Learned Sessions Judge order further records that the witnesses so far as have supported the prosecution story.
6. Considering the aforesaid submissions as also that there is direct allegation against the petitioner is of killing his own brother, directing the Trial Court to expedite the trial and conclude it at an earliest, the bail application stands rejected. (Rajiv Roy, J) Ravi/- U T