IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.1486 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-657 Year-2023 Thana- SHEKHPURA District- Sheikhpura ======================================================

Manoj Kumar S/O Late Misri Rawat R/O village - Indai Kasipuram Colony, P.s - Sheikhpura, District- sheikhpura ... ... Appellant/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Respondent/s ======================================================

Appearance :

For the Appellant/s : Mr. Ajay Kumar Thakur, Advocate Ms.Vaishnavi Singh, Advocate Mr. Ritwik Thakur, Advocate Md. Imtiyaz Ahmad, Advocate For the Intervenor : Mr. Jai Prakash Verma, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Binod Bihari Singh, APP ======================================================

CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BIBEK CHAUDHURI and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN

ORAL JUDGMENT

(Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BIBEK CHAUDHURI)

Date : 16-02-2026 The intervenor petitioner is the brother of the deceased.

2. The factual aspect leading to the petitioner to file the instant application may be summarized in the following words. The deceased is a married lady who had met with an unnatural death on receiving gunshot injury. After the d