IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.20243 of 2011 Mantu Kumar Versus The State Of Bihar ----------- 04/ 17.11.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. P.P. for the State. Earlier prayer for bail of the petitioner was rejected by this court vide order dated 30.11.2010 passed in Cr. Misc. no. 28303/2010 with liberty to him to renew his prayer for bail if the trial of the petitioner is not concluded within six months from the above stated date. The learned trial court has reported that trial of the petitioner has not been concluded as yet and up till now, the police paper has not been supplied to the petitioner. Petitioner is in jail custody since 9.1.2010 in a case registered under sections 392,411 of the IPC on the charges that he was caught red handed on the place of the occurrence. Considering the period of detention of the petitioner in jail custody as well as this aspect of the matter that nothing has been recovered from conscious possession of the petitioner, let the petitioner, Mantu Kumar, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patnacity or concerned court in Alamganj P.S. Case no. 2/2010 subject to the conditions that one of the sureties must be close relative of the petitioner and furthermore, petitioner shall ensure his presence before - 2 - the learned trial court on each and every date for the period of nine months and if he fails to do so on three consecutive dates without any reasonable explanation, the learned trial court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner. Before parting with the order, I would like to say that on account of laches on the part of the trial court, trial of the petitioner could not be concluded and furthermore, the learned Sessions Judge, Patna should look into the report as submitted by the trial court against erring staff and shall take action against him in accordance with rule and law. Let this order be communicated to the concerned court as well as Sessions Judge, Patna for needful. shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J)