IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.11285 of 2008 DHIRAJ KUMAR @ SHYAM SUNDER SINGH DHIRAJ Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3 05.09.2008 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. Petitioner is an accused in a case registered for the offence under sections 307/34 of the Indian Penal Code and section 27 of the Arms Act. The allegation against the petitioner is that on the orders of the co-accused Sanjay he made firing over the informant which hit in his left posterior scabbier area causing charring injury in the wound of entry. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the informant himself is a man having criminal antecedent, which would be appearing from the copy of the document annexed with the supplementary affidavit filed today. Mr. Naresh Dixit, learned counsel appears on behalf of the informant by filing Vakalatnama and submits that the petitioner is man having criminal antecedent which would be appearing from the certified copy of the first information report for an offence under section387/34 of the Indian Penal Code and section 27 of the Arms Act vide Harnaut P.S.Case No. 144 of 2002. Learned counsel has produced the certified copy of the aforesaid first information report, which is kept on record. Mr. Dixit 2 further submits that the said case is still pending, and as such, the petitioner is not having a clean criminal antecedent as stated in paragraph 19 of his petition. Learned Addl. P.P., on perusal of the case diary, submits that allegation levelled against the petitioner has been supported by witnesses during investigation. Considering the above submissions, the materials brought on record and the nature of allegation levelled against the petitioner, I am not inclined to grant him the privilege of anticipatory bail. His prayer for grant of anticipatory bail is, accordingly, rejected. Manish/- ( Shailesh Kumar Sinha,J.)