Shankar Singh @ Ramlakhan Singh @ Shankar Yadav v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 1515 of 2025; Shankar Singh @ Ramlakhan Singh @ Shankar Yadav v. The State of Bihar; arises out of PS Case No. 169 of 2023, Thana Karakat, District Rohtas; S.R. defect No. 6(1) - sentence awarded is 10 years only, petition may probably be filed under Criminal Appeal SJ; permission granted to convert appeal into Criminal Appeal (S.J.); consequential action within two weeks; listing under appropriate heading in terms of roster; order dated 16-02-2026; counsel: Mr. Diwakar, Adv. (appellant), Mr. Parmeshwar Mehta, APP (respondent); bench: Rajeev Ranjan Prasad and Praveen Kumar, JJ.
What did the court decide?
Permission granted to convert the appeal into Criminal Appeal (S.J.); consequential action to be taken within two weeks; matter to be listed thereafter under the appropriate heading in terms of the roster.