PATNA, Dec. 20 -- The Supreme Court cancelled the bail of four accused and rejected the bail petition of fifth accused in a murderous attack and demanding extortion from a sweet shop owner of Bihar's Gopalganj, official said on Saturday.

One of the accused persons, Amit Thakur, whose bail was refused by the Patna High Court filed for bail in the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court, noticing the seriousness and gravity of the offence, asked the state of Bihar to file a special petition for cancellation of bail of other accused persons of the same offence in a case under section 307 of the IPC. The state after taking instructions from the DGP office filed the same, and it resulted in cancellation of bail of all the five accused persons involv...