Ashu Singh @ Krishna Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.32970 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-322 Year-2024 Thana- GUTHANI District- Siwan ====================================================== Ashu Singh @ Krishna singh S/o Jitendra Singh Resident of Vill. - Chitanpur, P.S. -Asawn, Dist. - Siwan.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Kumari Anupam For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Ashok Kumar Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 14-05-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner has prayed for bail in connection with Guthni P.S. Case No. 322 of 2024 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 103, 3(5) of B.N.S & 27 of Arms Act.
3. The case of the prosecution, in short, is that son of the informant was returning on his bike with his sister and mother. In the way to home, he was killed by unknown miscreants. During the course of investigation, the sister of the deceased has given her statement wherein she has stated that unknown miscreants have killed her brother and she has stated that one of the miscreants was saying that Vishwakarma has shot at the deceased.
4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.32970 of 2026(2) dt.14-05-2026 2/3 petitioner has submitted that during the course of investigation, Vishwakarma and this petitioner both have given their confessional statement and from their confessional statement also, it has come that co-accused, Vishwakarma, has fired at the deceased. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner has further submitted that the allegation against the petitioner is that he was the member of the miscreants, who have killed the deceased but the main thrust of the allegation is against the coaccused, Vishwakarma and from perusal of Post-Mortem report also, it is clear that the deceased has only received one gun shot injury. It has further been submitted that the petitioner is having six criminal antecedent and he is in judicial custody since 18.02.2025.
5. The application for bail is opposed by learned APP for the State.
6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the court of learned J.M. Siwan, in connection with Guthni P.S. Case No. 322 of
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.32970 of 2026(2) dt.14-05-2026 3/3 2024, subject to the condition that the petitioner shall cooperate in trial and shall also remain physically present in the trial Court.
(Ashok Kumar Pandey, J) sanjeev/- U T