IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No. 1515 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-169 Year-2023 Thana- KARAKAT District- Rohtas ====================================================== Shankar Singh @ Ramlakhan Singh @ Shankar Yadav ... ... Appellant/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr. Diwakar, Adv. For the Respondent/s : Mr. Parmeshwar Mehta, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAVEEN KUMAR ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD) 2 16-02-2026 The S.R. defect No. 6(1) states that “ This petition may probably be filed under Criminal Appeal SJ, as sentence awarded is 10 years only.” 2. Learned counsel for the appellant seeks permission to convert this appeal into Criminal Appeal (S.J.). 3. Permission is granted. 4. Let the consequential action be taken within two weeks. 5. List thereafter under the appropriate heading in terms of the roster. brajesh/- (Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J) ( Praveen Kumar, J) U