Hameed Khan @ Hameed Raja @ Amit v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.32153 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-2 Year-2020 Thana- SINGHWARA District- Darbhanga ====================================================== HAMEED KHAN @ HAMEED RAJA @ AMIT Son of sarfaraz Khan Resident of Village - Muslim Tola(Vaishali), P.S.- Vaishali, District - Vaishali. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Prateek Tandon, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms. Meena Singh, APP For the Informant :

Mr. S.M. Asraf, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 18-01-2022 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 364A of the Indian Penal Code.

As per the prosecution case, the younger son of the informant who went out on a motorcycle did not return. As such the FIR.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the FIR was registered against unknown. The name of the petitioner transpired in course of investigation when he was allegedly named by the victim. The petitioner has not been put on T.I. Parade. The case of the petitioner stands on a better

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.32153 of 2021(3) dt.18-01-2022 2/2 footing to that of co-accused Amrendra Kumar Singh who has been enlarged on bail in Cr. Misc. no. 29480 of 2020 and Rajiv Ranjan Singh who has been enlarged on bail in Cr. Misc. no. 27834 of 2021. The petitioner was in custody on the date of recovery of the alleged victim.

The application for bail is opposed by learned APP for the State and learned counsel for the informant. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the facts of the case including the statement of the victim under section 164 Cr.P.C wherein he identified/named the petitioner as one of the accused who had given him an injection in the left hand leading to his becoming unconscious facilitating the kidnapping, 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) Prakash/- U T