Tuntun Singh @ Tuntun Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.3030 of 2016 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -208 Year- 2015 Thana -NAWADA MUFFASIL District- NAWADA ====================================================== Tuntun Singh @ Tuntun Kumar son of Late Sargun Singh .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

.... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Rajeev Nayan, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Dasrath Mehta (App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 19-01-2016 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State.

The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 342, 323, 302, 379/34 of the Indian Penal Code and 27 of the Arms Act.

It is alleged that the accused persons including the petitioner surrounded the wife of the informant and made assault to her with fists and slaps. On alarm being raised, son of the informant namely Ravi Shankar came to rescue then the petitioner resorted to fire on the informant but it did not hit the informant and, thereafter, co-accused Fantoos Kumar resorted to fire causing injury to the son of the informant, who succumbed to his injuries. It is further alleged that wife of co-accused

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.3030 of 2016 (2) dt.19-01-2016 2/2 Fantoos Kumar snatched gold chain from the wife of the informant.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that admittedly firing made by the petitioner did not cause injury to the informant. A statement has been made in paragraph 3 of the petition that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Other co-accused namely Pramila Devi and Simpy Devi have been granted anticipatory bail by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide Criminal Miscellaneous No.58325/2015. The aforesaid facts constitute ground for consideration of prayer for regular bail.

Let the learned Court below consider the prayer for regular bail of the petitioner, if the petitioner surrenders within a period of six weeks in connection with Muffasil (Nawada) P.S. Case No.208/2015, pending before the learned CJM, Nawada. With the above observation, this application is, accordingly, disposed off.

(Dinesh Kumar Singh, J) Ashwini/- U T