Laxman Kumar @ Laxman Sahni @ Bhulla v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna HC; Cr. MISC. No. 2188 of 2025; decided 12-02-2025; Judge Prabhat Kumar Singh; anticipatory/prayer for bail REJECTED (application dismissed); petitioner Laxman Kumar @ Laxman Sahni @ Bhulla s/o Ram Chandra Chaudhary; underlying case PS Case No. 7 Year 2023, Thana- CHACKMEHSI, District Samastipur; charges: IPC ss. 341, 323, 325, 326, 307, 120B (incl. attempt to murder) and Arms Act ss. 25(1-B)(a), 26, 27, 35; FIR against unknown accused; name added during investigation via confessional statement of co-accused; pistol-pointing and indiscriminate firing injuring informant (K.D. High School, Malinagar); two similar criminal antecedents urged by State (APP Arun Kumar); counsel Amar Kumar Singh for petitioner; grounds for rejection: nature/gravity of allegation plus criminal antecedent.
What did the court decide?
Considering the nature and gravity of the allegation and the criminal antecedent of the petitioner, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is rejected.