Ravi Shastri v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.47802 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-346 Year-2023 Thana- SUPAUL District- Supaul ====================================================== Ravi Shastri Son of Hari Prasad Singh @ Hari Paswan Resident of Hisua Nauwabaghi, P.S.- Hisua, District - Nawada, At Present At Koshi Colony Ward No.- 21, P.S.- Supaul, District - Supaul ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. N.K. Agrawal, Sr. Adv Mr. Kumar Rajdeep For the Opposite Party/s :

Mrs. Anita Kumari Mr. Digvijay Narayan Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 04-10-2024 Heard the parties.

2.

Petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with S.T. No.70/2024, arising out of Supaul P.S. Case No.346 of 2023, registered for the offences u/s 302, 304B, 120B and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3.

Vide order dated 12.07.2024, a report was called for, regarding the stage of trial. In compliance thereof, a report sent by learned Additional District & Sessions Judge-V, Supaul, dated 24.07.2024, kept at Flag "R", whereby it is submitted that till date one prosecution witness has been testified and the case is currently pending for rest 07 prosecution witnesses. It is further submitted that six months is likely to be taken to

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.47802 of 2024(4) dt.04-10-2024 2/2 conclude the trial.

4.

Considering the submissions made in the report, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner named above. The prayer for bail is hereby rejected.

5.

Accordingly, the bail application is dismissed. 6.

However, the trial court is directed to conclude the trial as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of six months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) shikha/- U T