CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER

5 11-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Manihari P.S. Case no. 206 of 2021 registered under sections 302, 147, 148, 149, 364, 201, 307, 386, 387 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code and section 27 of the Arms Act .

3. As per the prosecution case, over a land dispute between the parties, it is stated that petitioner fired upon the uncle of the informant hitting him in his head. Further co- accused Ram Niwash is said to have fired upon Sunil Yadav as a result of which he fell down.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case because of pending land dispute between the parties as would be evident from the contents of the FIR itself. From the material that has transpired in course of investigation, the presence of the informant at the place of occurrence is doubtful. Though the trial has commenced, only five witnesses have been examined. The petitioner is in custody since

4.1.2024 and undertakes to cooperate in the investigation/trial.

5. The application for bail