Arun @ Arun Sahni v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.20394 of 2016

Arising out of P.S. Case No. -178 Year- 2013 Thana -MOTIPUR District- MUZAFFARPUR ====================================================== Arun @ Arun Sahni, son of Rohti Sahni, resident of village- Vijay Chhapra, P.S. Ahiyapur, District Muzaffarpur. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Hari Kishore Thakur, Adv. For the State : Mr. Ram Chandra Sahni, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 20-07-2016 The learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to make necessary correction in paragraph-3 of the present application.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.

The petitioner is languishing in custody since 18.2.2016 in connection with Motipur P.S. Case No. 178 of 2013 for the offences instituted under Sections 323, 341, 324, 307, 372, 364(A), 353 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 25(1B), A, 26 and 27 of the Arms Act.

The Prosecution story, in brief, is that on 16.7.2013, the Informant who was the Chowkidar of Motipur Police Station at that time, had received a call that one Santosh Kr. Thakur had

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been kidnapped and the Criminals had demanded a sum of Rs.50,000/- as ransom, upon which, a chase was made and one of the accused persons was apprehended whereas rest were succeeded in fleeing away, in which the petitioner was one of the accused.