IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.14503 of 2010 PINKU SRIWASTAVA @ PREM PRAKASH, SON OF LATE AWATAR PRASAD Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 4. 12.08.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner seeks bail in a case instituted for the offence under Sections 324, 307, 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 27 of the Arms Act. The prosecution case is that the Informant was said to be intimidated by an unknown miscreants since he had raised an enquiry about the person who had been appointed on fake papers. The petitioner is not named in the First Information Report but subsequently, when co-accused Sonu was nabbed on suspicion, he disclosed the complicity of the petitioner. In view of the nature of the offence as also that the petitioner has criminal antecedents, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. The prayer for bail is rejected. The trial court is directed to expedite the trial in view of the serious nature of the offence. S.Ali ( Anjana Prakash, J.)