Uttim Rai v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.25476 of 2019 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-47 Year-2016 Thana- KATRA District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== UTTIM RAI S/o Pragas Rai Resident of Angoa, P.S.- Katra, DistrictMuzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Surendra Kishore Thakur For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Indra Kumar Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 24-04-2019 Heard the parties.

Earlier the prayer for bail of the petitioner was rejected by the then Hon'ble Co-ordinate Bench of this Court, vide order dated 30.3.2018 passed in Cr. Misc. No.18153/2018 with direction to the learned trial court to expedite the trial and try to conclude it within a period of one year and the liberty was given to the petitioner that if the trial is not concluded, he may again file an application for bail and the same has again been rejected on 10.10.2018 passed in Cr. Misc. No.60993 of 2018. Submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that name of the petitioner has transpired only on confession and he has remained in custody for almost 23 months and there is no likelihood of the conclusion of the trial in near future. .

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.25476 of 2019(2) dt.24-04-2019 2/2 Heard learned A.P.P. also.

Having heard both sides and in view of the facts and circumstances, as stated above, let the petitioner, above named, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Addl. Sessions Judge-XIV, Muzaffarpur in connection with Katra P.S.Case No.47 of 2016, with condition that he will co-operate in disposal of the trial and will also appear as and when required by the learned court below; otherwise his bail bond shall be cancelled.

With the aforesaid direction, this application is allowed.

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