IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.421 of 2010 PURAN THAKUR SON OF LATE TRILOKI THAKUR, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE NAWTOLIA, P.S. RUPOULI, DISTRICT PURNIA (BIHAR). Versus STATE OF BIHAR with Cr.Misc. No.371 of 2010 BOTAL MANDAL SON OF LATE SAHDEO MANDAL, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE JANGAL TOLA, P.S. RUPOULI, DISTRICT PURNIA (BIHAR). Versus STATE OF BIHAR with Cr.Misc. No.42669 of 2009 AMIN SHARMA SON OF MANOGI SHARMA, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE NAVTOLIA, P.S. RUPOULI, DISTRICT PURNIA. Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 4. 4.3.2010. Heard Mr. Rana Pratap Singh, learned Senior Counsel, Mr. Pramod Kumar Mallick, learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. All the aforesaid three petitioners are in jail in Rupouli (Mohanpur) P.S. Case No.79 of 2009 for the offence under Section 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code. They have been made accused on an allegation that three petitioners along with other accused persons entered into the house of the informant and opened fire on her husband. Subsequently, her husband came out of his house and while he was fleeing away on road, again - 2 - N.H./ firing was made which hit the deceased and many of the accused persons opened fire due to that the husband of informant died on the place of occurrence. During investigation, the Investigating Officer inspected the place of the occurrence. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that one of the accused Sanjay Gupta had approached this Court and he was granted bail. I have perused the order of accused Sanjay Gupta. From the order, it appears that the plea of alibi of Sanjay Gupta was accepted by this Court while entertaining his bail application and on that ground he was granted bail. Without going into the merit of the case, since there are number of cases against all the three accused persons, I am not inclined to grant bail to all the three petitioners and their prayer for bail is rejected. Since petitioners are in custody, it is desirable to direct the court below to initiate the trial expeditiously. ( Rakesh Kumar,J.)