IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.44158 of 2009 SIDHARTH KUMAR @ BANTI GOPE, SON OF SUKHDEO PRASAD SINGH, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE-RAJIV NAGAR ROAD NO. 4, P.S. RAJIV NAGAR, DISTRICT-PATNA. …..Petitioner. Versus STATE OF BIHAR …..Opposite Party. ----------- 04/ 23.06.2010 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner, learned Counsel for the informant and learned Counsel for the State. The petitioner is one of the named accused of the case registered under Sections 302, 307, 120B/34 of the Indian Penal Code in which due to indiscriminate firing from five named and other named accused persons one person was killed and two others were injured. Besides this petitioner, other persons are also named accused who are Dhappu Rai, Gorakh Rai, Pappu Rai and Sahdeo Rai. Prayer for bail of this petitioner and Raj Kumar Rai @ Dhappu Rai was rejected on 23.04.2009 considering the fact that similarly situated accused Sahdeo Rai and Gorakh Rai have been refused bail. Learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the informant has submitted that again Sahdeo Rai has been refused bail on 25.01.2010 vide Cr. Misc. No. 31969 of 2009. A report has been called for and from the report it appears that the prosecution has 2 examined all the witnesses except I.O. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to grant bail to the above named petitioner. Accordingly, his prayer for bail is again rejected. However, the trial court is directed to expedite the trial. kksinha/ (Shyam Kishore Sharma, J.)