Chhotu Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.60645 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-68 Year-2012 Thana- BHAGWANPUR District- Begusarai ====================================================== CHHOTU SINGH, Son of Ram Uday Singh @ Uday Singh Resident of Village- Hadipur, P.S.- Bachhawara, District- Begusarai. ... ... Petitioner/s

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Kamlesh Kumar Pathak For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Md. Iftikar Mehmood ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 09-02-2022 Heard Mr. Kamlesh Kumar Pathak, learned advocate for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner has renewed his prayer for bail during pendency of the trial in connection with Sessions Trial No. 317 of 2019/C.I.S. No. 308 of 2019, arising out of Bhagwanpur (Tiyai) P. S. Case No. 68 of 2012, dated 29.06.2012.

Though the petitioner has not fired at the deceased but is only alleged to have fired indiscriminately along with others outside the bus in which the occurrence took place, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner during the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.60645 of 2021(3) dt.09-02-2022 2/2 pendency of the trial, notwithstanding the fact that one of the similarly situated accused persons has been granted bail by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court and that the witnesses examined up till now have not supported the prosecution case.

The prayer for bail is rejected.

The trial court, however, is directed to expedite the trial.

(Ashutosh Kumar, J) skm/- U T