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Lavkush Kumar Singh v. The State of Bihar

Patna HC3 Jan 2022CR. MISC./28432/2021

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The Patna High Court rejected the bail application of the petitioner, who was accused of murder and kidnapping attempts. The court, considering the informant's counsel's submission that the deceased's brother was killed during the incident and the suspicious delay in the petitioner's arrest, held that he was an active participant and refused bail.

What did the court decide?

Prayer for bail rejected; petitioner ordered to remain in custody.

Lavkush Kumar Singh Vs The State of Bihar — Murder and Culpable Homicide | Patna HC (2022)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.28432 of 2021

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Arising Out of PS. Case No.-72 Year-2020 Thana- RISIYAP District- Aurangabad

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LAVKUSH KUMAR SINGH S/O ARBIND SINGH R/o village- Gurdi, P.S.Navinagar, Distt.- Aurangabad

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar

... ... Opposite Party/s

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====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Ajay Kr. Thakur, Sr. Advocate Mr. Shiv Pratap For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.APP ======================================================

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER

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6 03-01-2022

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Heard Sri Ajay Kumar Thakur, learned senior counsel for

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the petitioner and learned counsel for the informant and learned APP for the State.

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Petitioner seeks bail in connection with Risiup P.S. Case no. 72 of 2020 registered for the offence punishable under sections 364, 120B of the Indian Penal Code and later sections 302, 201 IPC and section 27 of the Arms Act were added.

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Learned senior counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is in custody since 12.11.2020 and charge sheet has been submitted and from perusal of the allegation as alleged in the FIR, it would manifest that the informant alleges that he along with his brother Rahul Singh and co-villagers were returning from Aurangabad court after taking bail in a car, that Deva Singh had also accompanied them, further that petitioner was driving the car and at Domuhan bridge accused persons forcibly stopped the car and

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.28432 of 2021(6) dt.03-01-2022 2/2

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petitioner along with other accused persons abducted his brother Rahul. Learned senior counsel submits that since petitioner was driving the car as such accused persons forcibly asked him to accompany them when the petitioner was not willing for the same.

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Learned counsel for the informant submits that during the course of investigation, it was found that brother of the informant was killed. Learned counsel further submits that the petitioner and brother of the informant (deceased) were travelling in the car who betrayed and got the brother of the informant killed. Learned counsel further submits that had the petitioner not been involved in the occurrence, he would have returned either to the informant or before the police to narrate the occurrence but he got arrested nearly two months after the occurrence which itself demonstrates that petitioner had taken active participation in the occurrence.

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Learned APP opposes the prayer for bail also.

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Considering the submissions of learned counsel for the informant, the court is not pursuing to enlarge the petitioner on bail and accordingly, his prayer for bail is rejected.

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(Satyavrat Verma, J)

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s.hassan/-

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