Patna High CourtCR. MISC./36805/2022dismissed

Amit Singh @ Kanhai @ Kanhaiya Singh v. The State Of Bihar

2022-09-26Mr. Justice Rajiv Roy2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.36805 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-24 Year-2016 Thana- PURNAHYA District- Sheohar ====================================================== AMIT SINGH @ KANHAI @ KANHAIYA SINGH SON OF GAURI SHANKAR SINGH R/O- VILL- BABHANTOLI, P.S.- SHEOHAR, DIST.- SHEOHAR ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Neeraj Kumar Alias Sanidh,Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Rajiv Nayan, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 26-09-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.

Let the defect(s), if any, as pointed out by the office be removed within four weeks.

The petitioner is in judicial custody in connection with Sheohar P.S. Case No. 24 of 2016 for the offences under Section 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 27 of Arms Act.

As per the prosecution story, when the informant's teacher was practicing yoga, accused persons arrived in two motorcycles and it is alleged that one Samir Saurabh along with two unknown accused persons opened fire while the other accused persons fired indiscriminately causing immediate death.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.36805 of 2022(2) dt.26-09-2022 2/2 The matter is of 2016 and after investigation, the petitioner who was not named in the FIR, his name came up in the statements made by the accused persons arrested in the matter. The petitioner who has 15 criminal antecedent cases of almost same nature walked in the judicial custody only three years later in 2019.

Taking into account the aforesaid facts, this Court for present is not inclined to grant him privilege of bail which is accordingly, rejected.

Since, the matter is of 2016, let the Trial Court is directed to expedite the matter and conclude the same preferably within a period of one year.

(Rajiv Roy, J) neha/- U T