Amal Rai v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.16880 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-150 Year-2013 Thana- SAHEBPUR KAMAL DistrictBegusarai ====================================================== Amal Rai S/o- Sachidanan Rai R/o Village- Raghunathpur, P.S.- S. Kamal, Dist.- Begusarai.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Sabal Kumar Jha, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Nirmal Kumar Sinha, Addl. P.P.
For the Informant :
Mr. Rabi Bhushan, Advocate Mr. Ankit Kumar Jhar, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHAILENDRA SINGH ORAL ORDER 10-05-2024 Heard learned counsel for the Petitioner, learned counsel for the Informant and learned APP for the State.
2. Petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with S. T. No. 637 of 2018 arising out of S. Kamal P.S. Case No. 150 of 2013, dated 16.08.2013 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 147, 148, 149, 326, 302 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 27 of the Arms Act.
3. Mr. Sabal Kumar Jha, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner earlier filed two Criminal Miscellaneous Petitions for the relief of bail which were rejected by the then Bench of this Court and this application is the third attempt of the petitioner to get the relief
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.16880 of 2024(4) dt.10-05-2024 2/2 of regular bail and the petitioner has been languishing in jail since 12.10.2018 and his case has been running for final hearing since 10.04.2022.
4. On the contrary, Mr. Rabi Bhushan, learned counsel appearing for the informant submits that the case of the petitioner is at final stage and argument has been started by both the parties and petitioner's case will be decided very soon.
5. Having considered the report sent by the trial court which shows that the case of the petitioner is running for final arguments and the same has started so at this stage, it will not be proper to take a lenient approach towards the petitioner's prayer. Accordingly, his prayer for bail stands rejected with a direction to the trial court to decide the petitioner's case in the next one and half month and send a compliance report to this Court. (Shailendra Singh, J) maynaz/- U T