RAJENDRA SINGH Vs. STATE OF U P

JUDGEMENT

(1.) VINOD Prasad, J. Two siblings Rajendra Singh and Virendra Singh have applied for their bail in Crime No. 65 of 2005, under Sections 147, 148, 149, 307 and 302 IPC, P. S. Chandpur, District Fatehpur.

(2.) THE prosecution allegation against the applicants as is clear from the FIR (Annexure 1) are that the accused Rajendra Singh and Virendra Singh (two applicants), Pramod Singh, Shive Narayan Singh, Chhotey Singh and Lal Pratap Singh who are the resident of the village of the informant Suresh Singh were ploughing the disputed field from their Escort Tractor on 5-9-2005, regarding which a case is pending in the Court. When Shamsher Singh and Jagat Bahadur Singh received the information of the tilling of the disputed land, they alongwith informant went to the aforesaid field and found that Lal Pratap Singh accused was tilling the field from the tractor and rest of the accused persons were standing there. Shamsher Singh and Jagat Bahadur Singh asked the accused persons to detest from tilling the land till the disposal of the case, on which Lal Pratap Singh and two aforesaid applicants after stopping the tractor pulled out their country made pistols and started firing. Rest of the accused persons armed with spade and axe also started assaulting Shamsher Singh and Jagat Bahadur Singh, as a result of which both of them sustained injuries and fell down. THE informant raised alarm on which Chhidu Singh and Ashish Singh came on the spot. After injuring the two persons the accused made their escaped good alongwith their tractor. THE two injured persons were transported to Amauli district hospital in a Jeep. Jagat Bahadur Singh however, lost his life before reaching hospital and Shamsher Singh was admitted who also subsequently, lost his life. Autopsy report of two deceased persons indicates that both of them had sustained fire-arm wounds as well as incised wounds. On the aforesaid factual matrix the applicants have applied for their bail after its rejection by the Sessions Judge, Fatehpur vide his order dated 8-2- 2006 (Annexure 17 ).

(3.) LEARNED AGA and learned Counsel for the informant on the other hand contended that in this case the applicants are named as main shooters. The incident has taken place in daylight and there is an injured witness. They further contended that there was no reason for the applicants to commit the murder of the deceased persons as they have not done anything against their persons nor they were trying forcibly to stop the accused from ploughing the field. They further contended that there is a dying declaration of Shamsher Singh in the form of his statement under Section 161 Cr. P. C. recorded by the I. O. in which the applicants are named as assailants. They contended that the applicants do not deserve for bail.