Anirudh Ram @ Chhotu Ram v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.54579 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-288 Year-2016 Thana- DUMRAO District- Buxar ====================================================== Anirudh Ram @ Chhotu Ram S/o Nand Lal Ram, R/o Vill.- New Bhojpur, P.S.- Dumaraon, Distt.- Buxar.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Dr. Kamal Deo Sharma For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Sri Kumar Ranjit Ranjan ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 10-01-2019 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
The petitioner seeks bail in a case instituted for the offences under Sections 395, 397, 412 and 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code.
The earlier bail applications of the petitioner were rejected vide Annexure-1 series to the present application taking into account that the looted articles were recovered from the possession of the petitioner and the petitioner was identified in course of T.I.P. by the witnesses. As per the report submitted by the Court below regarding the stage of the case, it has been stated that the 14 prosecution witnesses have already been examined and only four charge-sheet witnesses are yet to be examined. It was further reported that at present the Court is
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.54579 of 2018(3) dt.10-01-2019 2/2 vacant and after the joining of the District and Sessions Judge, the trial will be concluded within a period of two months. On behalf of the petitioner, it is submitted that the District and Sessions Judge has already joined. Considering the nature of accusation and the stage of the case, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. The same is rejected. The Trial Court is directed to take all necessary steps to conclude the trial within a period of four months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. (Sudhir Singh, J) Pankaj/- U T