Monu Singh @ Manu Singh @ Abhimanu Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.28931 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-201 Year-2016 Thana- DIGHWARA District- Saran ====================================================== MONU SINGH @ MANU SINGH @ ABHIMANU SINGH Son of Dilip Singh R/o Village- Ajad Nagar, P.S.- Chapra Muffasil, District- Saran at Chapra.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Manoj Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Ashok Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH ORAL ORDER 13-11-2020 The present petition has been taken up for consideration through the mode of Video Conferencing in view of the prevailing situation on account of COVID-19 Pandemic. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Ashok Kumar, the learned APP for the State. The present petition is by way of third attempt at the behest of the petitioner for grant of bail in connection with Dighwara PS case no. 201 of 2016 for the offences punishable under Sections 302, 379, 120(B)/34 of Indian Penal Code and 27 of Arms Act, inasmuch as the earlier two petitions of the petitioner for grant of regular bail were rejected by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 01.08.2017, passed in Cr. Misc. no. 32608 of 2017 and the one dated 28.02.2018,

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.28931 of 2020(2) dt.13-11-2020 2/2 passed in Cr. Misc. no. 10480 of 2018.

The allegation against the petitioner is of firing gun shots resulting in death of the deceased. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is languishing in custody since 21.12.2016 and there is no possibility of conclusion of the trial in near future.

Per contra, the learned APP for the State vehemently opposed the prayer for bail.

Having heard the learned counsel for the parties and perused the materials available on record, this Court finds that it is apparent that there is no change in the circumstance, from the date, the prayer of the petitioner for grant of bail was rejected earlier, till date, so as to warrant re-consideration of the prayer of the petitioner for grant of bail and moreover, the petitioner appears to be a veteran criminal, inasmuch as he is an accused in 07 other criminal cases though he has been acquitted in three of them, thus, I do not find any merit in the present case, accordingly, the present petition stands dismissed. (Mohit Kumar Shah, J) rinkee/- U T