Hari Narayan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.64601 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-154 Year-2020 Thana- BEUR District- Patna ====================================================== Hari Narayan S/O Late Pashupati Mandal R/O Kharari, P.S- Hayaghat, District- Samstipur, Bihar and presently R/O Adarsh Bihar Colony, Road No2 as tenant in the house of Sanjay Kumar, P.S- Ram Krishna Nagar. DistrictPatna, Bihar ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Saket Anand, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Jagdhar Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA ORAL ORDER 10-04-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

Petitioner seeks bail, who is in custody since 04.11.2020 in connection with Beur P.S. Case No. 154 of 2020, corresponding to Sessions Trial No. 205 of 2021, F.I.R. dated 22.06.2020 registered for the offences punishable under Section 395 of the Indian Penal Code.

The F.I.R. of the occurrence of loot is against unknown.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in the present case. He further submits that the petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. and the name of the petitioner has been transpired

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.64601 of 2022(4) dt.10-04-2023 2/2 during investigation on the basis of confessional statement of co-accused person namely Aman Kumar.

Vide order dated 24.03.2023, a report was called for with regard to the stage of the trial. Report dated 03.04.2023 of the learned Trial court reveals that out of seven chargesheeted witnesses, six chargesheeted witnesses have already been examined and cross-examined and one prosecution witness has been partly examined in this case.

In view of the report of the learned Trial court, I am not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail in connection with Sessions Trial No. 205 of 2021 arising out of Beur P.S. Case No. 154 of 2020 pending in the Court of learned Additional Sessions Judge-XXIV, Patna Sadar, Patna.

Prayer is refused.

However, the learned Trial court is directed to expedite the trial and conclude the same at the earliest. (Rajesh Kumar Verma, J) Ibrar//- U T