Ram Chandra Mandal v. The State Of Bihar Through Its Chief Secretary, Government Of Bihar, Patna And ORS
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No.862 of 2018 ====================================================== Ram Chandra Mandal, Son of Banarsi Mandal, Resident of VillageMuzaffarganj, Police Station- Haveli Kharagpur, District- Munger. .... .... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State of Bihar Through Its Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Patna .
2. The Principal Secretary, Home Department cum Designated Authority under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967, Government of Bihar, Patna.
3. The Director General cum Inspector General of Police, Bihar, Patna.
4. The Superintendent of Police, Munger.
5. The Officer-in-Charge, Haveli Kharagpur Police Station, DistrictMunger.
6. The Investigating Officer of Haveli Kharagpur, P.S. Case No. 93/2012. .... .... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Anil Kumar Roy For the Respondent/s : Mr. P.K. Verma (Aag3) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD ORAL ORDER 26-04-2018 Petitioner has moved this Court for a direction to the learned Sessions Judge, Munger, to conclude the hearing and proceeding of the Criminal Appeal No.130 of 2012 in connection with Naya Ramnager P.S.Case No.93 of 2012. It is his submission that earlier vide order dated 24.09.2013, this Court had directed the learned Sessions Judge to conclude the hearing of the criminal appeal expeditiously, however, despite there being no fault on the part of the petitioner in putting appearance before the learned Sessions Judge on the dates fixed in the matter, the case is not being
Patna High Court Cr. WJC No.862 of 2018 (2) dt.26-04-2018 2/2 disposed of and this is causing undue harassment to the petitioner. Learned counsel for the State is present and in the nature of grievance raised by the petitioner, he has nothing to contest in this case.
Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel representing the State, this Court would direct the learned Sessions Judge, Munger, to conclude the hearing in the Criminal Appeal No.130 of 2012 within a period of three months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. In any case, the criminal appeal must be disposed of within a period of four months from the date of communication.
The application stands disposed of accordingly. (Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J) rrojha/- U T