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31. It is submitted that abduction offence is not a single man crime rather related with a gang. The accused persons have been arrested from the premises of Sharda Apartment, Gomti Nagar with Audi vehicle of the Doctor, a Fortuner vehicle related with Barachatti P.S. Case No. 37 of 2015 and Innova about which Ajay Singh is claiming it his personal vehicle but it is in the name of one Gulrej Khan. The looted articles of doctor couple were also recovered from Flat No. 906 of Sharda Apartment. Ajay Kumar Singh is the main conspirator in both the cases of kidnapping of Barachatti P.S Case No. 37 of 2015 and Barachatti P.S. Case No. 155 of 2015 and other accused are in the gang of Ajay Singh. No explanation has come that under what circumstances the said Audi, Fortuner and Innova were in their possession at the time of raid nor about the articles recovered from the apartment which belonged to the doctor couple.

43. Rakesh Kumar Brahmachari (PW-8) is the Superintendent of Police, CID, Patna. On 01.05.2015 he was on the post of Police Inspector in the CID. He along with other police officers had gone to Barachatti PS on 02.05.2015 where they perused the records of the case pertaining to abduction of Ravi Ranjan, the businessman of stone crushing. He had also perused the confessional statement of Ajay Singh which was recorded by Sona Lal Singh in the year 2000. In the said confessional statement Patna High Court CR. APP (DB) No.144 of 2022 dt.16-05-2025 he had admitted about his involvement in many cases in which he had abducted a person with the vehicle. A copy of the confessional statement was given at Barachatti Police Station and one copy was given to SSP Gaya whereafter Station House Officer of Barachatti Police Station was advised to focus on investigation in Banaras and Lucknow. This witness has stated that on 08.05.2015 on information with regard to the arrest of the accused persons of this case this witness had gone for examining them. He was amongst the three persons who were ordered to go to Lucknow. He had brought the written order and submitted the same in the court room. He had gone to Gomti Nagar Police Station, Lucknow where nine accused persons were arrested and local police was investigating them. Police from Rajasthan had also come. This witness has stated that the In-charge Sub-Inspector Bhawar Lal of Rajasthan team had informed that Ajay Singh is a convict in Jaipur kidnapping case no. 42 of 2003. He came out on parole in the year 2011 whereafter he absconded. There is also a case for this reason in Rajasthan being Case No. 46 of 2011. He also informed that Ajay Singh was wanted in a kidnapping case of Dhanabad Police Station. This witness had inquired from Ajay Singh and he had told them that prior to the occurrence Mrityunjay @ Bablu and Amit Kumar had stayed in R.K. Guest House, Gomti Nagar, Patna High Court CR. APP (DB) No.144 of 2022 dt.16-05-2025 Lucknow. They were also staying in Vishwas Khand 3/210 apart from Sharda Apartment. This witness had conducted verification in the R.K. Guest House and Vishwas Khand. Owner of the house Jai Narayan Mishra had told this witness that Ajay Singh had taken the house in the name of Neeraj Pratap Singh and he had introduced himself as a property dealer. One day he had also come with a black colour Audi vehicle and next day he had gone. This witness had seized the bank account ledger of Ajay Singh from Punjab National Bank, State Bank of India, HDFC Bank, Bank of India and Allahabad Bank. This witness has been cross-examined by the defence and he has denied the suggestion that he had prepared the enquiry report in his office and had recorded the statement of the accused by threatening them. This witness has stated that the accused persons were taken on remand on 19.05.2015 and he had recorded the statement of the accused persons on 19.5.2015, 20.05.2015 and 21.05.2015.