Sonu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.17097 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-184 Year-2020 Thana- MADHUBAN District- East Champaran ====================================================== SONU KUMAR S/O SATYA NARAYAN SAHANI R/o Village- Bishunpur Patti, P.S.- Sahebganj, Distt.- Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Pramod Kumar Pandey, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Dinesh Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 22-06-2022 Heard the parties.

The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 420/34 of the IPC. Vide order dated 13.04.2022, a report was called for, regarding the stage of trial. In compliance thereof, a report sent by learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, East Champaran dated 24.05.2022, is kept at flag 'A', whereby it is submitted that the record is at the stage of prosecution evidence and the time likely to be taken in conclusion of the trial is about three months. Considering the submissions made in the report, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner named above. The prayer for bail is hereby rejected.

Accordingly, the bail application is dismissed. However, the trial court is directed to conclude the trial as

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.17097 of 2022(4) dt.22-06-2022 2/2 expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of three months from today.

However, if the trial is not concluded within three months, petitioner is at liberty to renew his prayer for bail. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) pallavi/- U T