Sajid @ Sajid Ansari And ORS v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.60823 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -99 Year- 2016 Thana -BANKA District- BANKA ======================================================

1. Sajid @ Sajid Ansari,

2. Md. Murtaja @ Murtaja S/o Late Liyakat Hussain @ Lakhi Miya,

3. Sahul Ansari S/o Noor Mohammad, All R/o Village- Singarpur, P.S.- Dhauriya, District- Banka (Bihar).

.... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Raju Giri For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sri Anuj Kumar Srivastava ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 17-01-2018 Heard the parties.

Earlier the prayer for bail of the petitioners was rejected by this Court, vide order dated 27.2.2017 passed in Cr. Misc. No.8072 of 2017, with a direction to the learned trial court to expedite the trial and conclude it within a period of nine months.

Submission of the learned counsel for the petitioners is that they in custody for more than one year and no substantial progress has been made in this case and from perusal of the report submitted by the learned trial court, it appears that the trial is likely to be concluded within a period of four months. In such view of the matter, I am not inclined to grant

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.60823 of 2017 (3) dt.17-01-2018 2/2 bail to the petitioners, however, the learned trial court is directed to expedite the trial and try to conclude it within a period of four months from the date of receipt of the order. The S.P., Banka is directed to ensure presence of the witnesses in the court concered.

With the aforesaid observation, this application is dismissed.

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