IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr. Misc. No.14187 of 2009 ***** Nag Bhushan @ Bhura Paswan, son of Shri Ram Brichh Paswan, resident of village- Harwanshpur Doma Chak, P.S. Masaurhi, District Patna. …. …. Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar …. …. Opposite party WITH Cr. Misc. No.1154 of 2009 ***** Mantu @ Mukesh Kumar son of Sri Mahendra Paswan, resident of village- Harwanshpur Ka Tola Doma Chak, P.S. Masaurhi, District Patna. …. …. Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar …. …. Opposite party ----------- 2. 20.5.2009. Both the matters are heard together. The petitioners are in custody in connection with Masaurhi P.S. Case No.335/08 for offences under Section 376, 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code. The allegation in the F.I.R. is that based on a fard beyan given by one Sumitri Devi that on 11.9.2008 at about 3 PM her grand daughter Munni Kumari aged about 14 years had gone to the field on the eve of Karma festival. She did not return till late in the evening, a search was made with no success. On the next day information trickled in the village that a dead body was lying in the field of one Kapil Paswan. It is alleged that she was raped and murdered. Based on the F.I.R. investigation was made. During investigation it came that four persons were seen in the field, which included one Kunal Paswan, Nag Bhushan @ Bhura Paswan, Mukesh Kumar @ Mantu and Rohit Kumar were seen near the field in suspicious circumstances where the body was found. Further investigation revealed the complicity of these petitioners and there is also a confessional - 2 - statement of one of the accused who had given a detailed narration of the crime. In view of the above and the circumstances emanating from the investigation, a heinous crime of the kind, the petitioners do not deserve any leniency by way of enlarging on bail. The application stands dismissed. Let the case diary be returned to the Court below. In a matter of this kind and to restore confidence in the justice delivery system the Court expects that the trial of this case shall be expedited. Pawan/- (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)