Lalit Narayan Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.1812 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -269 Year- 2016 Thana -HASANPUR District- SAMASTIPUR ======================================================

1. Lalit Narayan Singh, Son of Ram Chandra Singh, Resident of VillageKorabadha, Patayh, P.S.- Ujiarpur, District- Samastipur. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

.... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Anshu Dhar Sharma, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sri Ram Bachan Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 08-02-2018 Earlier prayer for bail of the petitioner was rejected vide order dated 07.04.2017 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 10059 of 2017 with direction to the trial court to expedite and conclude the trial within a period of six months and the petitioner was given the liberty that if the trial is not concluded within the aforesaid period, he may renew his prayer for bail.

Submission of learned counsel for the petitioner that the said period has already expired and there is no likelihood of conclusion of trial in near future and petitioner has been in custody for about a year.

Heard learned A.P.P. also.

Earlier a report was called for from the court below, from which it appears that in this case, charge has bee framed and uptil now no witness has been examined, as such, considering the facts and circumstances of the case and also order dated 07.04.2017 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 10059 of 2017, let the

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.1812 of 2018 (3) dt.08-02-2018 2/2 petitioner above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000 (Rs. Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned 3rd A.D.J. cum Special Judge, Excise, Samastipur, in connection with Hasanpur P.S. Case No. 269 of 2017, subject to the following conditions:- (i) One of the bailors of the petitioner shall be a local person having sufficient immovable property within the jurisdiction of the concerned Court.

(ii) The petitioner shall cooperate in the disposal of trial and make himself available as and when required by the court and on the event of failure on his part to appear before the court below on two consecutive dates without showing any genuine reasons, the prosecution is free to move for cancellation of his bail.

(Vinod Kumar Sinha, J) sunil/- U T