Chandan Mallik @ Chandan Dhankar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.7605 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -57 Year- 2016 Thana -ANDHRAMATH District- MADHUBANI ======================================================

1. Chandan Mallik @ Chandan Dhankar, son of Shambhu Dhankar @ Ram Lal Dankar, resident of Village- Nirmali, Ward No. 8, P.S. Nirmali, District Supaul, Parmanent Address resident of Village- Misroyliya, P.S. Aurai, District- Muzaffarpur.

.... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Hriday Narayan Harshit For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sri Sanjay Kumar Pandey ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 07-03-2018 Heard the parties.

Earlier the prayer for bail of the petitioner was rejected by this Court, vide order dated 25.4.2017 passed in Cr. Misc. No.18242 of 2017 with direction to the learned trial court to conclude it within a period of nine months.

Submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that the period of nine months' has already expired. Up-till-now no such progress has been made in trial and the petitioner is in custody since 20.10.2016.

Heard learned A.P.P. also.

Perused the report and it appears that up-till-now the charge has not been framed in this case.

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.7605 of 2018 (3) dt.07-03-2018 2/2 Having heard both sides and in view of the facts and circumstances, as stated above, and considering the period of custody, 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 A.C.J.M. IIIrd, Jhanjharpur District, Madhubani in connection with Andhramath P.S.Case No.57 of 2016, G.R.No.1079 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 observation, this application is allowed.

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