Md. Tajuddin @ Tajuddin v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No. 10466 of 2024, decided 05-07-2024 by Arun Kumar Jha, J. Second bail plea of Md. Tajuddin @ Tajuddin in Sessions Trial No. 336 of 2021 (Mahkar P.S. Case No. 76 of 2020, District Gaya) for offences under Sections 302/34 IPC (stabbing death of informant's father). Custody since 01.03.2021; 5 of 18 witnesses examined; witnesses P.W. 1 Md. Jawed, P.W. 2 Parwej Alam, P.W. 3 Ruksana Khatoon named the petitioner. Held: delay in trial conclusion is no ground for bail against specific, cogently supported allegation; bail rejected. Keywords: second bail application, Sections 302/34 IPC, delay in trial, cogent evidence, bail rejected.
What did the court decide?
On perusal of the depositions of P.W. 1 Md. Jawed, P.W. 2 Parwej Alam and P.W. 3 Ruksana Khatoon, all three witnesses specifically named the petitioner as the person who stabbed the father of the informant, who died later; the allegation is specific and supported by cogent evidence.