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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
SUDHIR SINGH, RAJESH KUMAR VERMA
Amresh Kumar Poddar @ Tuntun Poddar Son of Ganesh Poddar – Appellant
Versus
State of Bihar – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
SUDHIR SINGH, J.
1. The present criminal appeal has been preferred under Section 413 of the B.N.S.S. against the judgment of acquittal dated 08.10.2024 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-V, Begusarai in Sessions Trial No. 1027 of 2023, arising out of Nawkothi P.S. Case No. 21 of 2021, whereby Respondent Nos. 2 to 8 have been acquitted by the learned Trial Court from the charge of Sections 302 /34 and 120(B) of Indian Penal Code and Section 27 of the Arms Act.
2. The prosecution case, as per the fardbeyan of the informant, is that on 16.02.2021, the informant, along with his father, Late Ganesh Poddar, and his brother, Chandan Kumar, reached the kirana shop of Bauelal Sahani at Devpura Chowk on a motorcycle, coming from Vishnupur Chowk. While they were sitting on chair and conversing, at about 4:45 p.m., two motorcycles arrived at the spot. On one motorcycle (a Glamour), Sanjeev Kumar Singh, Swet Kumar, and Amit Kumar were riding, and on the other, Subhakar Mishra, Vijay Shankar Mahto, and Alok Kumar were seated. All of them were armed with weapons. Sanjeev Singh opened fire with a pistol at the informant’s father, who, after being hit, tried to run inside the
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