IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.26205 of 2009 Kaushal Mahto @ Kaushal Verma, S/o Yogendra Mahto, Resident of Village Haradiya Vedauli, P.S. Paliganj, District Patna. -------- Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar -------- Opp. Party ----------- 3 27.11.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the State. Considering the allegation for an offence under Section 392 of the Indian Penal Code and the involvement of the petitioner basically on the ground of his having dubious criminal past followed by his confessional statement leading to recovery of the motorcycle in question from co-accused Ajay Badal as recorded in the order of the court below, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner, namely, Kaushal Mahto @ Kaushal Verma is hereby rejected. In view of the fact that the petitioner is in custody for a period of more than one year, the trial court is directed to ensure that the trial of the petitioner is taken up out of turn and is concluded within a period 2 of one year from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. In the event, the trial of the petitioner is not concluded within the aforementioned period of one year, the petitioner will have liberty initially to move trial court and court below would be under obligation to record the reasons for not concluding the trial within the aforementioned period and only thereafter, the petitioner may renew his prayer for bail to this Court. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)