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Patna High CourtCR. MISC./274/2024bail rejected

Pawan Sah v. The State Of Bihar

2024-03-21Mr. Justice Prabhat Kumar Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.274 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-9 Year-2014 Thana- LAUKAHI District- Madhubani ====================================================== Pawan Sah S/o Sant Lal Sah R/O VIL-CHHAJANA,P.S-LAUKAHI, DISTRICT-MADHUBANI ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ratnakar Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Yogendra Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 21-03-2024 Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. The petitioner seeks regular bail in registered for the offences punishable under sections 307, 384 and 34 and other allied sections of the Indian Penal Code. 3 . As per the prosecution case, on the alleged date and time of occurrence, the petitioner, along with some unknown persons, entered the house of the informant and made indiscriminate firing, due to which family members locked themselves in a room. It is further alleged that this petitioner also threatened the grandson of the informant and demanded ransom of Rs. 10 lakh.

4. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that he has falsely been implicated in this case due to village politics. Though there is allegation of a demand for ransom but no

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.274 of 2024(3) dt.21-03-2024 2/2 money was delivered to this petitioner. Petitioner is in custody since 16.08.2019 .

5 . However, learned counsel for the state opposes the prayer for bail and submits that a charge sheet has already been submitted against this petitioner under u/s. 307, 384, and 34 of the IPC and 27 of the Arms Act, showing him absconder, and the petitioner has been remanded in this case from other cases. In the present case, it is evident from the case record that out of nine charge-sheeted witnesses, four have been examined. Petitioner has got 24 criminal antecedents.

6. Considering the nature of accusation , criminal antecedents and materials available on the records against the petitioner, his prayer for bail is refused.

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Koushik/- U T