Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.43835 of 2009 ====================================================== 1. Ram Kumar Singh, Son of Ganesh Singh. 2. Raj Kumar Singh, Son of Ganesh Singh. 3. Ajay Kumar Singh, Son of Ganesh Singh. 4. Ratan Singh, Son of Ram Chandra Singh. 5. Awadhesh Kumar, Son of Laxmi Singh. All are resident of Village Minapur, Police Station Hajipur Town, District Vaishali. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. Binod Sah, Son of Jaganath Sah, resident of Village Minapur, Police Station Hajipur Town, District Vaishali. .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 3 28-03-2012 Heard Shri Mahendra Thakur, learned counsel for the petitioners and Shri Hirday Prasad Singh, learned Additional Public Prosecutor. Five petitioners, who are F.I.R. named accused in Hajipur Town P.S. Case No.286 of 2003 registered for the offence under [STATUTE] , have approached this Court, while invoking its inherent jurisdiction under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure with a prayer to Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.43835 of 2009 (3) dt.28-03-2012 2 / 3 2 quash an order dated 20.1.2009 passed by learned Fast Track Court no.IV, Vaishali at Hajipur in Sessions Trial No.379 of 2004. By the said order, the learned court below has rejected the petition filed on behalf of the petitioners under Section 227 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for their discharge. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that only on suspicion, the petitioners were made accused and except suspicion, there is no material on record to connect the petitioners. I have perused the impugned order. I do not find any defect in the order. The petition stands dismissed. Let a copy of this order be sent to the court below with a direction to the court below to proceed with the case expeditiously so that trial may come to its logical end without any further delay. N.H./- (Rakesh Kumar, J) Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.43835 of 2009 (3) dt.28-03-2012 3 / 3 3

Applicable IPC Section: 302

Statute Text:
Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. Murder. Whoever commits murder shall be punished with death, or imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine.