Supreme Court to hear Bihar judge's plea to quash FIR over death of home guard

The Supreme Court in the case Raj Kumar And Another Versus State Of Bihar observed and has remarked that it will hear the matter wherein the petitioner, a District & Sessions Court Judge in Bihar, and his wife are accused of killing a home guard deployed in their official residence after the guard refused to perform the household chores.

- TDG NETWORK

A special leave petition has been filed before the court challenging the order of the Patna High Court dated May 1, 2024, wherein the High Court declined to quash the First Information Report, FIR against the two petitioners.

In 2022, the First Information Report, FIR was registered for the death of home guard Virendra Singh, who was serving Judge Raj Kumar, posted at Khagaria.

The petition filed stated that the judge left his official quarter for an early morning walk, and when the judge returned, he found that the main gate of his official residence was open. The deceased home guard was on duty at the relevant point in time.

The plea states that after the judge asked why the gate was open, the home guard became agitated and abused him, saying that it was not his duty to close the entrance gate of the official residence.