IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.28673 of 2011 Ajit Pandey @ Ajit Kumar Pandey, son of Ram Nath Pandey, Village - Raghunathpur, P.S-Karakat, Dist-Rohtas …Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar …OP --------------- 3/ 21.12.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner seeks bail in a case instituted for the offence under sections 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code and section 27 of the Arms Act. Prosecution case is that the petitioner came to the house of the informant and started abusing at which his family members tried to reason with him and walked to some distance. When they reached near Community Hall, the petitioner is said to have suddenly fired at the deceased on account of which he died at the spot. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the mother of the informant was examined in paragraph 9, who stated that the petitioner had come in a drunken state and was abusing the family member of the informant at which the deceased tried to reason with him and walked to some distance as also tried to snatch his pistol, but the petitioner fired at him on account of which he lost his life. Learned counsel for the informant submits that all the witnesses have supported the fact that the petitioner is the sole assailant of the deceased. Considering the nature of allegation, I am not inclined 2 to grant bail to petitioner at this stage. Prayer for bail is rejected. However, since there is material in the case diary that petitioner had fired when the pistol was attempted to be snatched by the deceased and, therefore, it may not be a case of intent, the petitioner may renew his prayer for bail after framing of charge. JA/- (Anjana Prakash,J.)