Sonu Verma v. The State Of Bihar

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.49607 of 2018 (2) dt.10-08-2018

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.49607 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -172 Year- 2014 Thana -BUXAR INDUSTRIAL District- BUXAR ====================================================== Sonu Verma, son of Sanjay Verma, r/o Village Musafirganj, PS Buxar (T), District Buxar .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Rajeev Ranjan For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sri Shailendra Kumar -2 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN KUMAR ORAL ORDER 10-08-2018 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and the State. Petitioner, already in custody since 24.9.2015, seeks bail in Buxar (I) PS Case No. 172 of 2014, S.Tr. No. 108 of 2016 registered under Sections 302/34, 120B of the IPC and Section 27 of the Arms Act.

Accusation is that the informant's husband was killed by fire arms by two unknown motorcycle borne criminals at the village temple. Suspicion is raised that agnates of the informant in association with others have killed her husband due to land dispute and during investigation it was revealed that the petitioner and Krishna Yadav shot at the deceased.

Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that name of the petitioner was disclosed in the confessional statement of co-accused. The learned Counsel further submits that the trial is also likely to be concluded within a month as all the prosecution witnesses have been examined.

Having considered aforesaid facts and circumstances and the petitioner carries large number of antecedents precisely twenty-six in number of serious nature so his prayer for bail is rejected. Snkumar/- (Arun Kumar, J) U T