Pankaj Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.433 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-165 Year-2021 Thana- UJIYARPUR District- Samastipur ====================================================== PANKAJ KUMAR S/o Chandeshwar Prasad Mahto R/o Village- Raipur Khanuwa, P.S.- Ujiyarpur, Distt- Samastipur.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Zeyaul Hoda, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Aditya Narayan Singh.1, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 04-01-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that this is the second attempt of the petitioner for seeking regular bail, as earlier, by order dated 17.05.2022 in Cr. Misc. No. 518 of 2022, the regular bail was rejected with an observation that the Court, for the present, is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Learned counsel next submits that the trial has commenced and out of ten witnesses, six prosecution witnesses have been examined and four are still to be examined.
Learned A.P.P. for the State submits that since the trial has commenced and out ten, six witnesses have been
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.433 of 2023(2) dt.04-01-2023 2/2 examined, as such, it appears that the trial is on the verge of conclusion.
Considering the submissions made by the learned A.P.P. for the State, the Court is not inclined to release the petitioner on bail, however, in the event, if the trial is not concluded within a period of four months from the date of receipt of production of a copy of this order before the learned Trial Court, the petitioner will be at liberty to file his application seeking regular bail before the learned Trial Court itself and in the event, if the learned Trial Court comes to a conclusion that for no fault of the petitioner, the trial could not be completed within the period aforesaid, then the learned Trial Court will be at liberty to grant regular bail to the petitioner.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) HarshPandey/- U T