In a criminal miscellaneous application, the High Court of Patna considered a petition for pre-arrest bail regarding a murder charge. The single-judge bench refused the bail application due to the gravity of the offence and materials collected during the investigation.
Pre-arrest bail application was rejected and dismissed.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.77245 of 2019
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-120 Year-2016 Thana- NOORSARAI District- Nalanda
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Santu Kumar, Son of Umesh Gope @ Umesh Yadav, Resident of VillageChandasi, P.S.-Noorsarai, District-Nalanda.
... ... Petitioner
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party
====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Raj Kishor Prasad, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Anant Kumar 1, APP ======================================================
By way of the present application, the petitioner
has sought for pre-arrest bail in connection with Noorsarai P.S. Case No.120 of 2016 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 302 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
Considering the gravity of the offence, the accusation made against the petitioner, the other materials collected in course of investigation by the police, I am not inclined to grant him pre-arrest bail. The application is rejected.
(Ashwani Kumar Singh, J.)
Sanjeet/-
U T
1 issue framed by the court
Whether pre-arrest bail should be granted in a case involving offences under Sections 302 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Santu Kumar
The State of Bihar
Ashwani Kumar Singh
As recorded by the court registry
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