IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.17489 of 2009 SANJEET KUMAR, son of Ram Naresh Prasad, resident of village Devki Bigha, P.S. Muffasil, District Nawada Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- Cr.Misc. No.18706 of 2009 OM PRAKASH @ UMA PRASAD, son of Shiv Charan Prasad, resident of Medkuri or Merhkuri, P.S. Meskaul, District Nawadah Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 4. 31.8.2009 Heard counsel for the petitioners and the counsel for the State. Considering the fact that this Court has already granted bail to co-accused Om Yadav @ Hari Om Yadav, in Cr.Misc.No. 8002/2009, this Court is inclined to grant bail to Om Prakash @ Uma Prasad, who is said to have got no criminal antecedent. Accordingly, he (Om Prakash @ Uma Prasad) shall be released on bail on his furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nawadah in Nawadah Town P.S.Case No. 269/2006. The prayer for bail of the petitioner of other accused Sanjeet Kumar, however, on account of having criminal 2 antecedents and at least five cases pending against him, is hereby rejected. The trial court is directed to ensure that the trial of the petitioners and others is taken up on expeditious basis and is concluded within a period of one year from the date of receipt/ production of a copy of this order. In the event the trial is not concluded in the aforementioned period the petitioner Sanjeet Kumar shall have liberty to move the court below and the court below will be under obligation to set out the reasons for not concluding the trial. It is only thereafter that the petitioner Sanjeet Kumar may move this Court. (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.) Surendra/