IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.39992 of 2009 REKHA DEVI @ MEERA BASAK, wife of Ramcharan Basak, resident of village Maya Mari, P.S. Amdabad, District Katihar Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2. 2.4.2010 Heard Mr. Subodh Kumar Jha, learned counsel for the petitioner and the counsel for the State. The prayer for bail of the petitioner was earlier rejected on merits by an order dated 27.3.2009 in Cr.Misc.No. 50467/2008. The seriousness of the allegation was noticed in the said order that the kidnapped person was not recovered till that date. Counsel for the petitioner, however, would submit that the trial has not progressed and the petitioner has completed a period of 1½ years of her judicial custody. Since the prayer for bail of the petitioner has already been rejected on merits, there would be no question of reconsideration, inasmuch as there is no fresh material. None-the-less the trial court cannot keep the matter pending for eternity. 2 In that view of the matter, the trial court is directed to ensure that the trial of the petitioner is completed within a period of nine months from today. In the event the trial of the petitioner would not be completed in the aforementioned period of none months the petitioner will have the liberty to move initially the trial court for bail and the trial court would record reasons for not concluding the trial, only whereafter the petitioner may renew her prayer for bail before this Court. With the aforementioned observation and direction, this application is dismissed. (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.) Surendra/