IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.3448 of 2009 RAJ KUMAR @ PALTAN, SON OF LATE MATHURA PRASAD, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE – SARAIYA, P.S. – KRISHNAGARH, DISTRICT – BHOJPUR. ….. PETITIONER. Versus STATE OF BIHAR …. OPP. PARTY. For the petitioner : Mr. Ajay Kumar Thakur, Senior Advocate Mr. Ravi Ranjan I, Advocate For the State : None ----------- 03/ 08.05.2009 Heard counsel for the petitioner. Nobody appeared on behalf of the State. Petitioner has approached this Court seeking anticipatory bail in a case under Sections 307/34 of the Penal Code and 27 of the Arms Act. As per the allegation in the FIR the informant was performing on the stage in a party. The allegation is that the petitioner shot from his gun causing injury to the informant in her chest. She was immediately taken to local doctor and thereafter to the Patna Medical College and Hospital for specialized treatment. She has named specifically the petitioner as the person who shot her in the chest. It is contended on behalf of the petitioner that admittedly the informant is a resident of West Bengal and as such she cannot identify and named the petitioner. This Court is not impressed by the submission advanced on behalf of the learned counsel for the petitioner in support of the relief claimed for in this application. Having regard to the allegations, this Court is satisfied that no case for extension of privilege of anticipatory bail is made out. - 2 - Accordingly, the application seeking anticipatory bail is rejected. If the petitioner surrenders and applies for regular bail, the same shall be considered by the court below on its own merit uninfluenced by the present order. DKS/ (Kishore K. Mandal, J.)