IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.35384 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-297 Year-2023 Thana- AMNAUR District- Saran ====================================================== Santosh Ram @ Santosh Kumar @ Musha @ Musa Son of Bhola Ram R/O Village- Basantpur Bangala, P.S.- Amnaur, Distt.- Saran ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Basant Kumar Singh, Advocate Mr. Vishesh Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Jitendra Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 3 12-09-2025 Heard Mr. Basant Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. 2. The petitioner is in custody sincein connection with Amnaur P.S. Case No. 297 of 2023 for the registered offences under Sections 393, 307 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 27 of the Arms Act and subsequently Sections 302/120(B) of IPC was added lodged on 28.11.2023, by the informant, Kamlesh Rai. 3. As per the prosecution story, the informant alleged that while returning from his in-laws village on a motorevele, he was chased by a Honda Shine motorcycle and as he tried to save himself/motorcycle, they opened fire causing injury in his chest. They later escaped with his motorovale which led to the FIR. The informant subsequently succumbed to the injury and as Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.35384 of 2025(3) dt.12-09-2025 2/2 such, beside the other sections of the IPC, 302/120(B) of the IPC was added later on. 4. In this case, the stage of the trial was called for according to which the charges have been framed and the case is at the stage incorporating the evidence of prosecution witness. 5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he was arrested on 03.12.2023 and has been remanded in the present case on 11.01.2024 and is in jail since then. 6. Learned APP Mr. Jitendra Kumar Singh on the other hand has taken this Court to the case diary to show that they looted the motorcycle, in the process opened fire, the informant subsequently succumbed to the injuries and very next day, they again looted another motorcycle. 7. Considering the submissions of the parties as also the materials on record, presently, this Court is not inclined to extend him the privilege of bail, which is accordingly rejected. 8. However, since the petitioner is in jail for long, it is expected that the Trial Court shall be taking the matter to its logical conclusion at an earliest. Raj Ranjan/- (Rajiv Roy, J) U T