Hon'ble Justice S. Kumar rejected the petitioner's bail application in a murder case. The court directed the trial court to expedite the trial and conclude within one year from the receipt of the order.
Prayer for bail rejected; trial directed to be concluded within one year.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.30519 of 2020
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-101 Year-2018 Thana- SIMRI District- Buxar
====================================================== SANTOSH ROY, Son of Hirday Narayan Roy, Resident of VillageManikpur, P.S.- Simari (T.R.H.O.P.), District- Buxar.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Neeraj Kumar alias Sanidh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ram Naresh Ray, APP ======================================================
CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S. KUMAR ORAL ORDER
3 07-04-2021
Petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 147, 148, 149, 114, 302, 504, 307 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 27 of the Arms Act.
Allegation against the petitioner is of firing upon Sunil Pandey nephew of informant which hit on his neck, as a result of which, he died on the spot.
Earlier also, petitioner had moved this Court for grant of regular bail which was rejected vide Annexue 1 with a direction to the trial court to expedite the trial and conclude the same within a period of one year.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.30519 of 2020(3) dt.07-04-2021 2/3
Vide order dated 10.02.2021, report was called for from the court concerned as with regard to the stage of trial.
Report of the trial court has been received, which is kept at Flag X, extract of which is reproduced hereinbelow:-
In view of the above, considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. Hence, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is hereby rejected.
However, the trial court is directed to expedite the trial of the petitioner and conclude the same within a period of
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one year from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order.
(S. Kumar, J)
Sanjay/-
U T
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the petitioner should be granted bail in offences under Sections 302, 147, 148, 149, 114, 504, 307 IPC and Section 27 Arms Act.
Santosh Roy
The State of Bihar
S. Kumar
As recorded by the court registry
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