Pappu Kumar @ Pappu Kumar Yadav v. the State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Identity dispute over the accused at cognizance stage; High Court of Judicature at Patna; Criminal Miscellaneous No.23458 of 2024; oral order dated 16-07-2024 by Honourable Mr. Justice Sandeep Kumar; petitioner Pappu Kumar @ Pappu Kumar Yadav s/o Baleshwar Ray (Haripur Jan, Mashrak, Saran); opposite parties: State of Bihar and Javed Alam s/o Babudin Alam; counsel Sunil Kumar (petitioner) and Shyam Bihari Singh (opposite parties); underlying PS Case No. 408 of 2020, Thana Mashrak, District Saran; holding: real accused to be determined at framing of charge, not at cognizance; outcome: application disposed with liberty to raise grounds before Court below at charge-framing stage, to be decided in accordance with law; no statutes or cases cited.
What did the court decide?
Application disposed of; petitioner granted liberty to raise all his grounds at the stage of framing of charge before the Court below, where any such application is to be decided in accordance with law.