Mannu Singh @ Mannu Kumar Singh @ Mannu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.21578 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-482 Year-2016 Thana- BEGUSARAI MUFFASIL DistrictBegusarai ====================================================== Mannu Singh @ Mannu Kumar Singh @ Mannu Kumar S/o Kaushal Kishore Singh R/o- Vill.- Rahatpur, P.S.- Balliya, Dist.- Begusarai. ... ... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr.Md. Fahimuddin, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD ORAL ORDER 10-05-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

Petitioner, in the present case, is seeking regular bail in connection with S.T. No. 22/2018 arising out of Begusarai Muffasil P.S. Case No. 482 of 2016 registered for the offence under Sections 302, 379 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code and 27 of the Arms Act. Petitioner is in custody since 03.12.2016 having five criminal antecedents as stated in paragraph '3' of the application. Earlier his prayer for bail was rejected by this Court vide order dated 01.05.2019 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 16776/2019. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has already spent six and half years in judicial custody as an undertrial prisoner but the trial has yet not been concluded. On the other hand, Mr. Md. Fahimuddin, learned APP for the State informs this Court that now all the prosecution witnesses

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.21578 of 2022(8) dt.10-05-2023 2/2 have been examined. In this regard, he refers the report of the Superintendent of police, Begusarai kept at Flag 'R'. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the reasons contained in the order dated 01.05.2019 rejecting the prayer for bail of the petitioner on earlier occasion and the fact that all the prosecution witnesses have been examined and now the trial itself is on the verge of conclusion, this Court is not inclined to release the petitioner on bail.

The trial court is directed to fix the case on shorter dates and conclude the trial as early as possible and in any case within a period of four months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. If the trial is not concluded within the given period for no reason attributable to the petitioner, he may file an application for bail in the learned trial court.

This application stands disposed of accordingly. (Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J) Rajeev/- U T