Sanjay Kumar @ Sanjay @ Jeeja v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.27598 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-340 Year-2019 Thana- ARA NAGAR District- Bhojpur ============================================== SANJAY KUMAR @ SANJAY @ JEEJA Son of Umesh Kumar Resident of Village - Supaul, P.S.- Akbarpur (Akbarpur), District - Nawada. ... ... Petitioner

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Sanjay Kumar Singh Mr.Shiv Prasad Gupta For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Jharkhandi Upadhyay ============================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 17-02-2021 Heard Mr. Sanjay Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Jharkhandi Upadhyay, learned APP for the State.

The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Ara Nagar P.S. Case No. 340 of 2019 (POCSO Case No. 47 of 2019) instituted for the offences under Sections 376, 376 (F), 370, 370(A), 376(AB) and 376 (DB) of the Indian Penal Code, Section 4, 6 and 8 of the POCSO Act, Section 75 of the J.J. Act and Section 5 (C) of the Immoral Trafficking Prevention Act, 1956.

The prayer for bail of the petitioner was earlier rejected vide order dated 5.03.2020 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 72165 of 2019.

He is in custody since 01.08.2019.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.27598 of 2020(3) dt.17-02-2021 2/2 On 08.01.2021, this Court had called for a report about the stage of the case from the court below. The report indicates that charges in this case have been framed on 01.12.2020 and summons also have been issued to the witnesses for their appearance.

Considering this stage of the trial, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner for the present. The prayer for bail is rejected.

However, the Trial Court is directed to conclude the trial within six months from today as the petitioner has remained in custody for a long time.

If there is no substantial progress in the case within the next four months, the petitioner would be at liberty to approach the Trial Court for grant of bail. In that event, the Trial Court would be required to state the reasons for the tardy pace of the trial.

The petition stands disposed of.

(Ashutosh Kumar, J) sunilkumar/- U T