Santosh Kumar @ Tuntun Chauhan @ Satish Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.12624 of 2015 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -130 Year- 2012 Thana -SIRDALA District- NAWADA ====================================================== Santosh Kumar @ Tuntun Chauhan @ Satish Kumar, son of Bhushan Chouhan alias Brihaspati Chouhan, resident of village-Meskaur, P.S. Meskaur, District-Nawada.

.... .... Petitioner.

Versus

The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party.

====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner : M/s. Rajendra Prasad, Senior Advocate & Ritesh Kumar, Advocate.

For the State : Mrs. Renuka Ratnakar, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJENDRA KUMAR MISHRA ORAL ORDER --------------- 22-04-2015 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Sirdala P.S. Case No.130 of 2012 registered under Sections 498(A) and 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that earlier the prayer of the petitioner for grant of bail was rejected vide order dated 20.02.2014 passed in Criminal Misc.32478 of 2013 by this with a direction to the trial court to conclude the trial within one year, which would appear from Annexure-'1' to this application. It is further submitted that till 03.02.2015, not a single witness has been examined on behalf of

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.12624 of 2015 (2) dt.22-04-2015 2/2 the prosecution after framing of the charge, which would appear from the order-sheet of Sessions Trial No.175 of 2013 pending in the court of 1st Additional Sessions Judge, Nawada (Annexure-'3' to this application), which is from 10.01.2014 to 03.02.2015. Having regard to the facts and the circumstances of the case, the petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the 1st Additional Sessions Judge, Nawada, in connection with Sessions Trial No.175 of 2013, arising out of Sirdala P.S. Case No.130 of 2012.

(Rajendra Kumar Mishra, J) P.S./- U T