Ashu Thakur @ Lalu Thakur v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court; Crl. Misc./Criminal Miscellaneous No.30045 of 2024; decision date 26-11-2024; bench: Rajiv Roy, J (single judge); petitioner Ashu Thakur @ Lalu Thakur (s/o Manish Thakur @ Baua Thakur, Jajuara/Katra, Muzaffarpur); counsel Nitu Kumari (petitioner), Ajay Kumar Jha APP and Bharat Bhusan APP (State of Bihar); bail application rejected; custody in Katra P.S. Case No. 182 of 2020; Sections 307/34 IPC; Section 27 Arms Act; FIR dated 18.08.2020 by informant Navin Thakur; gunshot injuries to shoulder and abdomen near S.K. Medical College and Hospital, Muzaffarpur; witnesses Uday Jha and Gopal Thakur; co-named persons Sawan Thakur, Vikram Paswan, Gaurav Kumar Thakur; eight prior criminal cases of petitioner, mostly s.307 IPC; liquor business; witness statements in case diary weighed; no relief extended.
What did the court decide?
Taking into account the petitioner's criminal antecedents (eight criminal cases, in most of which he is an accused of s.307 IPC) and the statements of the witnesses in the case diary, this Court is not inclined to extend him any relief.