IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.38522 of 2009 GAUTAM KUMAR SARDAR, son of Satya Narayan Sardar, resident of village Girdhapatti, P.S. Chhatapur, District Supaul Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2. 11.11.2009 Heard counsel for the petitioner and the counsel for the State. There would be no difficulty in understanding the case of the petitioner, inasmuch as the offence u/ss 395 and 414 I.P.C. stands substantiated not only by his own confessional statement before the police but the subsequent arrest and recovery made on the basis of such confessional statement. In that view of the matter, the confessional statement of the petitioner before the police cannot altogether discarded. The petitioner is in custody since 10.3.2008 and three co-accused persons have been shown to have granted bail by this Court. That would mean that almost all the accused persons are before the Court. In that view of the matter, this Court would direct the trial court to ensure that the trial of the petitioner is taken up expeditiously and is concluded within a period of 1½ years from the date of receipt/ 2 production of a copy of this order. With the aforementioned observation, this application is dismissed. (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.) Surendra/