IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.2012 of 2009 RAJU MUKHIA Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3 20-04-2009 The petitioner, Raju Mukhia, one of the F.I.R. named accused of Motihari ( Muffasil ) P.S. Case no.162 of 2008 registered under Section 307 and other allied Sections of the Penal Code is in custody since 6.9.2008 in connection therewith. The allegation against the petitioner is of having stabbed Charitra Mukhiya, the informant, in his abdominal region several times. The submission on behalf of the petitioner is that he has falsely been implicated in this case out of enmity arising from his having filed Mufassil P.S. Case no.100 of 2008 and Mufassil P.S. Case no.163 of 2008 in respect of the informant party allegedly having kidnapped his sister and for the informant party allegedly having assaulted the petitioner. The submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioner are his defence/ alibi which cannot be looked into at this stage So far as the petitioner’s complicity in the crime is concerned, injury report shows as many as five injuries on various parts of his body, of which injury no.1 is grievous and others are simple in nature and are opined to have been caused by a sharp cutting weapon. Apart from the injury report, there are several other witnesses who have sought to support the prosecution story of the petitioner having inflicted the injuries. - 2 - In that view of the matter, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner at the present. His prayer for bail is accordingly rejected. NKS/- ( Abhijit Sinha, J )