IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.4591 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-61 Year-2025 Thana- PASRAHA District- Khagaria ====================================================== Bauku Sharma @ Upendra Sharma S/O Bindeshwari Sharma R/O village- Badi Paikant, P.S.- Pasraha, Dist.- Khagaria. ... ... Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Seema Kumari, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Ramesh Chandra, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 16-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. Petitioner seeks regular bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 103(1), 238, 61(2) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 3. As per prosecution case, petitioner and four other accused persons came to the house of the informant and took her husband with them. Thereafter, informant’s husband was killed by these accused persons. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that Informant is not an eye witness to the occurrence. At best, it is a case of last seen together with the deceased. Charge sheet has already been submitted. Petitioner is in custody since 2.8.2025. 5. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer for bail. During investigation, one of the eye witnesses claimed Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.4591 of 2026(2) dt.16-02-2026 2/2 to have seen this petitioner committing the offence. 6. Considering the gravity of accusation as well as the materials collected during course of investigation, petition for bail of this petitioner is dismissed. Since, petitioner is in custody, let the trial be expedited and concluded preferably within a year. shashi/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T