IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.29099 of 2011 Subodh Singh @ Nepal Singh, son of Hari Prasad Singh, resident of village Barauni-1, Ward no.8, P.S. Teghra, District Begusarai … Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 3. 20.12.2011 Heard Mr. Prem Kumar Jha, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Lalit Kishore, learned AAGI on behalf of the State. Pursuant to the order dated 19.10.2011 through the report of the Superintendent of Police, Begusarai has not been received but Mr. Lalit Kishore has informed that the Investigating Officer has already been examined and one private witness on behalf of the prosecution who was to be examined as a last witness is not traceable and as such, the prosecution would like to close its case. Mr. Jha, however, would submit that the petitioner is in custody since 13.6.2007 and that while rejecting his prayer for bail on 1.4.2010 in Cr.Misc.No. 32401/2009 this Court had directed for expeditious disposal of the trial of the petitioner and had also fixed a time limit of 15 months which has expired on 1st of July, 2011. He has also submitted that there being no laches on the part of the defence if the prosecution has not completed its evidence till date, this Court should grant bail to the petitioner specially when there is now no apprehension of tampering of the prosecution evidence. In the considered opinion of this Court the prayer for bail of the petitioner has been rejected thrice by the orders dated 2 29.11.2007 in Cr.Misc.No. 43974/2007, dated 10.9.2008 in Cr.Misc.No. 31114/2008 and dated 1.4.2010 in Cr.Misc.No. 32401/2009. This Court was not at all inclined to grant bail to the petitioner considering the allegations against him and therefore, it had directed for expeditious disposal of the trial. The end of the trial now is well in sight inasmuch as the prosecution case has been closed. That being so, this Court would direct the trial court to ensure that if the defence does not unnecessarily delay the disposal of the trial, the argument should be concluded and the judgment should be delivered within a period of four months from the date of receipt/ production of a copy of this order. With the aforementioned observation and direction, this application for bail is hereby dismissed. Let a copy of this order be sent to the trial court immediately. (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.) Surendra/