Jipesh Ram @ Jipeshi Ram v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.15981 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -40 Year- 2013 Thana -CHANDI District- BHOJPUR ====================================================== Jipesh Ram @ Jipeshi Ram, son of Motilal Ram, residence of VillageChilhar, Police Station- Itarhi, District- Buxar. .... .... Petitioner

Versus

The State of Bihar. .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Dineshwar Pandey, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Jai Narain Thakur, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 12-04-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.

The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Chandi P.S. Case No. 40 of 2013 registered under Section 396 of the Indian Penal Code.

The prayer for bail of the petitioner was earlier rejected by this Court vide order dated 25.11.2014 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 42530 of 2014.

Considering the gravity of the offence and the fact that the petitioner was identified by two witnesses including the informant in the test identification parade, I am not inclined to

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.15981 of 2017 (2) dt.12-04-2017 2 / 2 grant bail. Accordingly, the prayer for bail is rejected. However, since the petitioner is in custody for more than three years, the Sessions Judge, Bhojpur at Ara is directed to personally supervise progress of the trial and ensure that no undue delay is caused in bringing the trial of the petitioner to its logical conclusion.

Registry is directed to communicate a copy of the order to the Sessions Judge, Bhojpur at Ara.

(Ashwani Kumar Singh, J.) Sanjeet/- U T