Patna High Court
Gajendra KumarversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISMISSED
- Bench
- SANDEEP KUMAR
Holding
The Court denied regular bail to the petitioners.
Summary
The petitioners Gajendra Kumar, Nitish Kumar and Sudhir Kumar applied for regular bail in a case registered under Sections 191(2), 190, 103(1), 303 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 27 of the Arms Act, alleging that the FIR did not clearly establish a firearm injury to the deceased. The FIR alleged indiscriminate firing, resulting in one death, injury to another, and looting of Rs. 5 lakhs. The informant’s counsel produced a medical report confirming three bullet wounds on the deceased. Considering the seriousness of the alleged offences, the medical evidence, and the alleged loot and murder, the Court declined to grant regular bail. The applications for regular bail were therefore rejected, with the Court noting its observations were prima facie and not determinative of the trial’s merits.
Issues considered
- Whether regular bail should be granted to the accused in view of the alleged murder, injury, loot and possession of arms
- Whether the medical report establishing bullet wounds creates a sufficient ground to deny bail
Legislation cited
- Arms Act — s. 27
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — s. 103(1), 190, 191(2), 303
Subjects
- regular bail
- murder
- firearms
- Arms Act
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
- criminal procedure
- loot
- medical evidence
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.87457 of 2025
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-87 Year-2025 Thana- KAKO District- Jehanabad
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1. Gajendra Kumar S/o Rajnandan Yadav R/o Village - Golakpur, P.S - Kako,
District - Jehanabad
2. Nitish Kumar S/o Rajnandan Yadav Resident of Village - Golakpur, P.S -
Kako, District - Jehanabad
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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with
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 68350 of 2025
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-87 Year-2025 Thana- KAKO District- Jehanabad
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SUDHIR KUMAR S/O Doman Yadav @ Kailash Yadav Resident of Village-
Pahal Bigha, Police Station- Kako, and District- Jehanabad
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
(In CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 87457 of 2025)
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Pritish Kumar Lal, Sr. Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Md. Mushtaque Alam
For the Informant : Mr. Sunil Kumar, Advocate
(In CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 68350 of 2025)
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Nilendu Kumar Choudhary, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Zainul Abedin
For the Informant : Mr. Sunil Kumar, Advocate
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR
ORAL ORDER
7 27-04-2026 These cases arise out of the same P.S. Case i.e., Kako
P.S. Case No. 87 of 2025; therefore, they are being heard
together and disposed of by a common order.
2. Heard Mr. Pritish Kumar Lal, learned Senior
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Counsel appearing for the petitioner (Gajendra Kumar) and Mr.
Nilendu Kumar Choudhary, learned counsel for the petitioner
(Sudhir Kumar), learned APP for the State, and learned counsel
for the informant.
3. The petitioners seek regular bail in connection with
Kako P.S. Case No. 87 of 2025 registered for the offence under
Sections 191(2), 190, 103(1) and 303 of the Bharatiya Nyaya
Sanhita, 2023 and Section 27 of the Arms Act.
4. As per the FIR, the petitioners along with others are
alleged to have fired indiscriminately, resulting in the death of
one person and injury to another, and also looted Rs. 5 lakhs.
5. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioners that from
the post-mortem report, it is not clear that the deceased
sustained firearm injury. The petitioners namely Gajendra
Kumar and Nitish Kumar are in custody since 19.04.2025
whereas the petitioner namely Sudhir Kumar is in custody since
05.07.2025 and has two criminal antecedents.
6. Today, in course of hearing, the learned counsel for
the informant has relied upon the injury report of Dr. Arvind
Kumar Nanda, Medical Officer, A.S.J.P.Sadar Hospital,
Jehanabad and has submitted that the doctor who had examined
the patient at the first stage has that the deceased had sustained
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three bullet wounds.
7. Considering the allegations levelled against the
petitioner, the medical report, and the allegations of
indiscriminate firing, loot, and murder of the deceased, as well
as causing injuries to another victim, this Court is not inclined to
grant regular bail to the petitioners.
8. Accordingly, these applications for regular bail
stand rejected.
9. It is made clear that any observation made herein is
prima facie in nature and limited solely for the purpose of
adjudication of the present bail applications. Such observations
shall not be construed as an expression on the merits of the case
and shall not influence the trial or any other proceedings in any
manner.
(Sandeep Kumar, J)
Shishir/-
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