Chhotu Ram @ Raju Dom @ Chhote Ram v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.48721 of 2019 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-80 Year-2019 Thana- JAKKANPUR District- Patna ====================================================== CHHOTU RAM @ RAJU DOM @ CHHOTE RAM Son of Late Munna Dom Resident of Nala Road, Near Pani Tanki, Road No. 1, P.S.- Kadam Kuan, District - Patna.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Manish Kumar No2 For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Anant Kumar 1 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH ORAL ORDER 04-12-2019 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

This application for regular bail arises out of Jakkanpur P.S. Case No. 80 of 2019, disclosing the offences under Sections 25(1-b)A, 26 and 35 of the Arms Act.

It is alleged in the First Information Report that, in course of search from the petitioner's possession, a country made pistol loaded with one live cartridge of 0.315 bore was recovered from him. Two live cartridges were also recovered from the petitioner's pocket, leading to lodging of the First Information Report. The petitioner has criminal antecedents as has been stated in paragraph-3 of the application and the cases against him start from year 2002. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner has submitted that in all the criminal cases mentioned in paragraph-3 of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.48721 of 2019(4) dt.04-12-2019 2/2 the application, the petitioner is on bail. He contends that he has been unnecessarily implicated in the present case at the instance of the Police, because petitioner has been made accused earlier in some of the cases.

Considering the serious nature of cases which are pending against the petitioner as noted above, I am not inclined to allow him regular bail.

This application is, accordingly, rejected.

Considering the fact that the petitioner is accused in at least 35 cases and there is no clue whether trial in such cases have concluded or not, the Sr. Superintendent of Police, Patna, is directed to monitor the progress of the criminal cases against him including by way of taking steps for expeditious conclusion of the trial of such cases. The petitioner shall be at liberty to renew his prayer for bail after three months, if in the meanwhile, the trial is not concluded. The Court may consider directing the Sr. Superintendent of Police, Patna, inform this Court about progress of the criminal cases pending against the petitioner as noted above, at appropriate stage.

(Chakradhari Sharan Singh, J) S.Ali/- U T