IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.46698 of 2008 AWADHESH YADAV … … Petitioner Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR … … Opp. Party For the petitioner: Shri Anant Kishore Choudhary For the State: Shri Dashrath Mehta, APP ----------- 2. 22.12.2008 Heard. It is true that the case was registered in 1991 and it is under various Sections including Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 27 of the Arms Act but the other part of the story is that the investigation against the petitioner is pending since last 17 years from the date the accused was remanded. In spite of the fact that many Superintendents of Police who could have been posted since 1991 at Bagaha, could allow the investigation to continue without any purpose. As regards the prayer, considering the years the case has witnessed on investigation and also considering the injury, a copy of which has been annexed, let the petitioner Awadhesh Yadav be released on his furnishing a bond of Rs. 10,000/-( ten 2 thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bagaha, in Chautarwa P.S.Case No. 101 of 1991. Let a copy of this order e transmitted to the Director General of Police, Bihar, Patna, as also the Secretary(Home) Govt. of Bihar, Patna, so that they could understand as to what is the state of police in this State in investigating the case and how it compounds the situation in such a simple case which could be under Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code in which the accused is named in the F.I.R. Kanth ( Dharnidhar Jha, J.)