Mahesh Rai v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Bail rejected; Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.20191 of 2024, decided 02-04-2024 by Justice Partha Sarthy (oral order); Sitamarhi P.S. Case no. 9 of 2022 (District Sitamarhi); IPC sections 302, 307, 341, 323, 324, 379, 34; knife assault on informant's brother causing grievous injuries and death; FIR lodged 5.1.2022 at 11.30 a.m. for occurrence of 4.1.2022 about 2 p.m. (claimed delay); informant claimed not an eyewitness; postmortem report contention; false implication via previous enmity and village politics; petitioner in custody since 19.12.2023; no criminal antecedent; charge-sheet submitted; informant side asserted petitioner was assailant; petitioner Mahesh Rai s/o Jalim Rai; advocates Uday Kumar (petitioner), Arun Kumar Pandey APP and Ravi Ranjan (opposite party).
What did the court decide?
Taking into consideration the allegations in the FIR, wherein the petitioner is said to be the assailant of the deceased, the Court was not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on regular bail; the application was rejected.