Ajay Rai @ Ajay Ray v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Bail rejected; Patna High Court, CR. MISC. No.74287 of 2024, decided 06-02-2025 by Rajiv Roy, J. Petitioner Ajay Rai @ Ajay Ray sought bail in S.Tr. No. 397 of 2023 arising out of Raghopur (Rustampur O.P.) P.S. Case No. 126 of 2019, Vaishali (FIR dated 09.09.2019 by Bhulli Devi) under Sections 147, 148, 149, 341, 342, 323, 452, 326, 354, 307, 302, 201, 120(B), 504, 506 IPC and Section 27 of the Arms Act; allegation of murder and cutting of Chanarik Rai into pieces by the second set of accused. Bail denied despite bail to other co-accused: petitioner evaded arrest delaying trial, has criminal antecedents, and co-accused Santosh Rai was denied bail in Cr. Misc. No. 51312 of 2024; trial ongoing.
What did the court decide?
Although some co-accused have been granted bail by coordinate Benches including this Court, the petitioner, despite being named in the F.I.R., delayed the trial by evading arrest for long and has criminal antecedents.