IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.20842 of 2009 Anil Kumar Srivastava alias Chunnu Lal Srivastava, Son of Late Mohan Lal Srivastava, Resident of Mohalla Purani Gudari, Bettiah, P.S. Bettiah Town, District West Champaran. --------- Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar ------- Opp. Party ----------- 4 16.10.2009 Heard counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the State. Considering the nature of allegation, notoriety acquired by the petitioner in repeating the same offence for which he had already been convicted earlier for a period seven years and that too on the version of the same person, the informant as also the fact that there are other five cases pending against the petitioner, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner, namely, Anil Kumar Srivastava @ Chunnu Lal Srivastava is hereby rejected. The petitioner is in custody since 23.04.2008 and therefore, this Court would direct the trial court to ensure that the trial of the petitioner is completed within a period of six months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. If 2 the trial of the petitioner would not be concluded in the aforementioned period of six months, he will have the liberty to move initially trial court and the trial court would be under compulsion to spell out the reasons for not concluding the trial within the aforementioned period and only thereafter, the petitioner will have liberty to move this court with a prayer for bail. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)