Patna High CourtCR. MISC./3878/2026disposed

Santosh Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

2026-04-24Mr. Justice Rajiv Roy2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.3878 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-182 Year-2023 Thana- RAJAPAKAR District- Vaishali ====================================================== Santosh Kumar Son of Late Rakesh Prasad Singh @ Rakesh Singh R/O Vill.- Banghara, P.S.- Rajapakar, District- Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ranjit Kumar Thakur, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ram Bilash Roy Raman, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 24-04-2026 Heard the parties.

2. The petitioner is in custody in connection with Rajapakar P.S. Case No. 182 of 2023 for the offence punishable under Sections 302, 34 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code and 27 of the Arms Act lodged on 26.05.2023 by the informant, Baidya Nath Singh.

3. As per the FIR, the informant alleged that after the death of the son-in-law, the accused person, the petitioner herein, who is younger brother of his late son-in-law was trying his level best to get his daughter out of the house. She was regularly beaten, threatened of dire consequences and in continuation of that the allegation is that when his son was moving towards Hajipur while he was also following in his car alongwith his daughter, this petitioner alongwith Dilip Kumar, Amit Kumar, surrounded his

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.3878 of 2026(4) dt.24-04-2026 2/2 son and specific allegation against this petitioner is of opening fire by his pistol four to five times which hit his son. He was immediately rushed to Ganpati Hospital where was declared brought dead. Accordingly, the FIR.

4. Earlier, report was called for and as per the report dated 16.03.2026, 9 out of 12 witnesses have been examined.

5. In that background, requesting the concerned Trial Court to expedite the trial and conclude it at an earliest, the bail application of the petitioner is rejected.

(Rajiv Roy, J) Vijay Singh/- U T