Pandit Kumar @ Krishna Kumar @ Krishn Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.74458 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-925 Year-2022 Thana- NAGAR District- Vaishali ====================================================== Pandit Kumar @ Krishna Kumar @ Krishn Kumar Son of Chhedi Sahni @ Manoj Sahni R/o Nakhash Chowk, Andarkila Bharat Bharti School, P.S.- Hajipur Town, District- Vaishali, Bihar ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Amit Kumar, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Narendra Kumar Singh, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 30-01-2026 Heard the parties.

2. The petitioner is in custody in connection with Town P.S. Case No. 925 of 2022 for the offence punishable under Sections 302, 201 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, lodged on 11.12.2022 by the informant Amarjit Kumar.

3. The Trial Court report dated 20.02.2025 is on record according to which he is taking all the effort to disposed of the matter but due to certain discrepancy in the Aadhar Card of Sanjeev Kumar, the defence has objected to it and took time for filing rejoinder.

4. As per the prosecution story, the informant has alleged that his brother(deceased) had given loan of Rs. 30,000/- to Manish Kumar. As he was demanding the amount, on 10.12.2022, the allegation is that he was taken away by Manish Kumar to Hariharnath Temple by the boat on the pretext of returning the amount. However, he got a call from his brother

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.74458 of 2024(3) dt.30-01-2026 2/2 that he is being assaulted by this petitioner and other named accused persons and apprehended that he may be killed. Immediately thereafter, his mobile was switched off.

5. The informant rushed to search his brother near Konhara Ghat and saw the accused persons including this petitioner coming from Konhara Ghat on a boat. Although the other accused persons escaped, the informant succeeded in apprehending Manish Kumar and found the cloth to be wet with blood stains on the boat too. He further confessed to have killed the informant's brother and thrown the dead body in Gandak river with the help of this petitioner and other accused. However, despite search, the dead body could not be found, FIR was lodged.

6. The trial is at the advance stage, the active role of the petitioner has come in the case, in that background, directing the Trial Court to take the matter to its logical conclusion at an earliest, for the present, this Court is not inclined to extend him privilege of bail.

7. Accordingly, the bail application stands rejected. (Rajiv Roy, J) vinayak/- U T