IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.52466 of 2007 RAJEEV KUMAR @ RAJEEV KUMAR SINGH Versus STATE OF BIHAR - - - - 4. 17.7.2008 Heard. The petitioner is in custody in Sikandra(Chandradeep) P.S.Case No.160 of 2007 registered under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. The allegation is that while the lady deceased who was also the informant was coming back to her house the petitioner and his companions dragged her inside the cow shed. The lady raised a cry upon which accused Rintu Kumar poured kerosene oil on the deceased and this petitioner threw a lighted match-stick setting her ablaze. The lady was rushed to the hospital where her statement was recorded and she subsequently died. The contention is that it could not be an intentional act and it could be an act done in the rash of fashion and as such the offence could not be under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. The Court has other ideas about the offence constituted and it is simply 2 not in the interest of the defence that the Court expresses its view at this juncture on the constitution of the offence. Considering the serious allegation and the direct participation of the petitioner in the offence, I am not inclined to direct his release on bail. The petition is dismissed. If the case has been committed to the court of Sessions, the trial be concluded within two and a half years. Kanth ( Dharnidhar Jha, J.)