IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.41079 of 2009 Rahul Singh @ Devendra Singh @ Chandan, Son of Chandrika Singh, Resident of Village Bhagwatia, P.S. Keshariya, District East Champaran. --------- Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar ----- Opp. Party ----------- 2 30.11.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the State. The prayer for bail of the petitioner for an offence under Section 326/307/34/120B of the Indian Penal Code is sought on the ground that though the injured, informant, had alleged that he had sustained three gun-shot injuries but the doctor has found only two of them and therefore, the entire prosecution case is false. Learned counsel for the petitioner would further submit that such a case has been lodged against the petitioner on account of rivalry in the contract business between the petitioner and the informant. In the opinion of this Court, the petitioner seems to be a veteran criminal who was actually remanded in this case and the allegation against the petitioner is quite specific of causing the first fire-arm injury which stands corroborated from the medical 2 report as contained in Annexure-2 annexed to this bail application. Learned counsel for the petitioner is also not in a position to explain the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and when this part of the order has been dictated, learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that he would file a supplementary affidavit to this effect. Such prayer of the counsel for the petitioner is only noted for its being rejected, inasmuch as, the counsel for the petitioner is duty bound to ascertain the criminal antecedent of the petitioner before filing of the bail application specially when such a statement is recorded in the order that the petitioner was remanded to this case from another case. That being so, this Court is not at all inclined to grant bail to the petitioner and accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner, namely, Rahul Singh @ Devendra Singh @ Chandan is hereby rejected with a direction to the trial court to expedite the trial of the petitioner. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)