Vinod Sah v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.4361 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -129 Year- 2017 Thana -DURGAWATI District- BHABHUA (KAIMUR) ======================================================

1. Vinod Sah S/o Ayodhya Sah, R/o Village- Barson, P.s.- Nokha, DistrictRohtas. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Dhaneshwar Prasad Gupta For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sri Kalyan Shankar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 08-02-2018 Heard the parties.

Earlier the prayer for bail of the petitioner was rejected by this Court, vide order dated 11.09.2017 passed in Cr. Misc. No.41812 of 2017 with a direction to the learned trial court to expedite the trial and try to conclude it within a period of one year.

Submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that later on two other co-accused persons have been granted bail, as such he has moved for grant of bail.

Heard learned A.P.P. also.

Having heard both sides and perused the report, from which it appears that the case is still pending for hearing on the charge. I have failed to understand that in spite of earlier order

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4361 of 2018 (3) dt.08-02-2018 2/2 dated 11.9.2017, up-till-now charge could not be framed in this case. The learned trial court is directed to take it seriously and expedite the trial and try to conclude it within a reasonable period. At the same time, once the charge is framed, the S.P., Rohtas at Sasaram has to ensure that the witnesses are produced in the court concerned on the date fixed.

With the aforesaid observation, this application is dismissed.

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