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2025 Supreme(Online)(Pat) 3996
PATNA HIGH COURT
RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD, SOURENDRA PANDEY, JJ
Om kumar Jha – Appellant
Versus
The State of Bihar – Respondent
DEATH REFERENCE No.2 of 2025 | CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No. 836 of 2025
For the Appellants/Petitioners:Mr. D.K. Sinha, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Gagan Deo Yadav, Advocate, Mr. Vinod Kumar, Advocate
For the Respondents: Mr. Xxxxx, Mr. Binay Krishna, Spl. PP
The court requested legal representation for the state and considered bail for the appellant, while the status of any appeal by the co-convict remained unclear.
Headnote:Vide our order dated 08.07.2025 in Death Reference No. 2 of 2025, the Court sought representation by a competent Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. The appellant Om Kumar Jha requested suspension of sentence and bail, while no clarity was provided regarding an appeal by co-convict Sushil Rai. The court instructed the matter to be listed on 16th January 2026 under the same heading. The final order emphasized the appointment of an Amicus Curiae to assist in these proceedings.
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| 1. court sought representation for the state. (Para 1) |
| 2. consideration of bail and appeal status. (Para 3 , 5 , 6) |
| 3. scheduling of the hearing. (Para 8) |
and ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD)
4 19-12-2025 Vide our order dated 08.07.2025 in Death Reference No. 2 of 2025, we had sent an information to the office of the learned Advocate General for engaging a competent Additional Public Prosecutor on behalf of the State to assist this Court.
2. No learned APP is present in this case.
3. In the circumstances we request Ms. Shashi Bala Verma, learned APP to assist this Court on behalf of the State. We also appoint Mr. Anil Singh, an advocate of this Court as Amicus Curaie.
4. In the connected appeal being Cr. App (DB) No.
836 of 2025 preferred by the appellant Om Kumar Jha, Mr. D. K. Sinha, learned Senior counsel appears, however, it is not known whether any appeal against conviction has been preferred by another convict Sushil Rai or not?
5. Office to find out whether any appeal has been preferred by co-convict Sushil Rai?
6. Appellant Om Kumar Jha has made a prayer for suspension of sentence and his release on bail.
7. Mr. Binay Krishna, learned Spl. PP is present and prays for three weeks’ time to file show cause/written objection.
8. Accordingly, let these matters be listed on 16th of January, 2026 under the same heading, maintaining their position.
(Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J)
(Sourendra Pandey, J)
