IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CR. REV. No.1174 of 2008 CHANDRA BHUSHAN RAI @ BIRENDRA RAI SON OF ANIRUDH RAI, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE RASAL GANJ, P.S.- MOTIPUR, DISTRICT MUZAFFARPUR. Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2 22.06.2010 Heard both sides. Petitioner, who is facing prosecution under Sections 302, 201, 120B and 379 of Indian Penal Code, has assailed the order dated 11.9.2009 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Muzaffarpur in Sessions Trial No. 668 of 2007 (State versus Makeshwar Paswan and ors) whereby the application filed on behalf of the present petitioner under Section 227 of the Code of Criminal Procedure has been considered and rejected. The scope of Section 227 has been considered by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of State of Bihar versus Ramesh Singh reported in reported in A.I.R. 1977 S.C. 2018 and it has been held that even on strong suspicion a person can be booked on trial. Learned Sessions Judge, on consideration of the submissions made on behalf of the parties, found and held as under: “Perused the F.I.R. and the case diary. It appears that Chandan Kumar s/o of the deceased is the informant of this case. The informant left his father Rupan Rai at Paharchak ghat on 18.1.07 and 3 boat-men were there. The petitioner is the owner of the boat and the petitioner had employed the boat- men. Rupan Rai did not reach his house. On the next morning the petitioner tried to take out his boat from Harsher ghat in which cycle and bag of the deceased were kept. But the police got suspicious and on enquiry it was found that the cycle and bag 2 belonged to Rupan Rai and Rupan Rai is missing. The dead body of Rupan Rai was recovered and post-mortem report reveals that Rupan Rai was strangulated to death and thereafter his dead body was thrown. The petitioner on the next day of the occurrence, tried to release the boat without disclosing the facts but the chowkidar got suspicious and informed the police. During the course of investigation, the witnesses have suspected the hand of the petitioner in the killing of Rupan Rai.” This Court finds no merit in this application. It is accordingly dismissed. pkj ( Kishore K. Mandal, J. )