Jitendra Jha @ Jitendra Kr. Jha v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.47876 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-67 Year-2018 Thana- KARJA District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Jitendra Jha @ Jitendra Kr. Jha S/O Late Ram Naresh Jha R/O Village-Fanda, P.S-Karja, District-Muzaffarpur.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Raju Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Syed Ehteshamuddin, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA ORAL ORDER 23-03-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

Let the defects, as pointed out by the office, be removed within four weeks of start of normal functioning of the physical court.

Petitioner seeks bail in connection with S. Tr. No. 588/2018 arising out of Karja P.S. Case No. 67 of 2018, G.R. No. 934/2018 registered for the offences punishable under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code.

According to prosecution case, informant namely Rinku Kumari has submitted a written report to the Officer-inCharge, Karja police station alleging therein that on 03.04.2018 when the informant was at her residence the petitioner Jitendra Jha arrived at her house to inject and sent her mother-in-law to the nearest Chowk on some pretext and has committed rape

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.47876 of 2021(3) dt.23-03-2022 2/2 forcibly.

Earlier the bail petition of the petitioner has been rejected vide order dated 20.08.2018 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 49825 of 2018.

Vide order dated 16.12.2021, a report was called for with regard to the present stage of trial. Report reveals that out of eight witnesses, only five witnesses have been examined. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, I am not inclined to grant the privilege of bail to the petitioner and accordingly, the same stands rejected.

However, the learned trial court is directed to expedite the trial.

(Rajesh Kumar Verma, J) mdrashid/- U T