IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.37447 of 2008 RAM BISHUN GOPE S/O-Late Ganga Gope, R/O-Village-Pratappur, P.S.-Mehdiganj, Distt.-Patna. …………………………………………..Petitioner. Versus STATE OF BIHAR ……………………………………..Opposite Party. ----------- 9/ 06.02.2009 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner, learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the State and learned Counsel for the informant. Prayer for bail of the petitioner was rejected twice. Prayer for bail has been renewed on the ground that subsequently co-accused Upendra Gope has been granted bail on 11.07.2008 vide Cr. Misc. No. 25709 of 2008. It has been submitted that this is a case of last seen. There is no possibility that the trial will end. Only six out of twenty witnesses have been examined by now and the petitioner is a person of advanced age and has a septic viral. He has ill health due to his advanced age. Reliance has been placed by the learned Counsel for the petitioner on order as contained in Annexure-2 by which Upendra Gope has been granted bail. Subsequently, two orders have been passed. Learned Counsel for the informant has submitted that after considering the order of grant of bail of Upendra Gope, the bail application of Mantu Kewat - 2 - and Pintu Kewat @ Gulabi were refused on 11.11.2008 vide Cr. Misc. No. 32543 of 2008. Later on another bail application of accused Jatan Kewat has also been refused on 30.01.2009 vide Cr. Misc. No. 52332 of 2008. Perused the orders which has been produced at the time of argument, it appears that other accused persons have been refused bail and their cases are not different from the case of the petitioner. There is specific direction regarding conclusion of the trial without delay. Considering the observation passed in Cr. Misc. No. 52332 of 2008, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, prayer for bail of the petitioner is again rejected. However, the Trial Court is directed to conclude the trial as soon as possible. kksinha/ (Shyam Kishore Sharma, J.)