IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.29692 of 2011 Satya Narain Singh Versus The State Of Bihar -------- 03/ 11.11.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 19.6.2010 in a case registered under section 302/34 of the IPC and 27 of the Arms Act on the charge that he opened fire on deceased. Earlier prayer for bail of this petitioner was rejected by this court vide order dated 10.12.2010 passed in Cr. Misc. no. 36256/2010. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that this second bail petition has been filed on the ground of long detention of the petitioner in jail custody and furthermore, the petitioner being an old person aged about 70 years has sufficiently been punished by remaining in jail custody since long but I am not at all convinced with the above stated submissions because there is specific allegation of committing murder against the petitioner. The trial court has reported that trial of the petitioner is going on and ten prosecution witnesses are still left to be examined. In the aforesaid circumstances, prayer for bail of the petitioner in connection with Garkha P.S. Case no. 168/2009 corresponding to Sessions Trial no. 777/2010 pending in the court of the Addl. Sessions Judge II, Chapra is, hereby, rejected. The trial court is directed to expedite the trial of the petitioner and try to conclude the same within the period as given - 2 - by the trial court in his report dated 28.9.2011. shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J)