IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.2469 of 2010 SHEIKH AMIL, son of Sheikh Khalil, resident of village Samhauta, P.S. Sathi, District West Champaran … Petitioner Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2. 30.6.2010 Heard counsel for the petitioner and the informant- O.P.No.2. The prayer of bail of the petitioner was earlier dismissed by this Court by an order dated 5.10.2009 when the counsel for the petitioner had declined to comply his own earlier offer to pay Rs. 2 lacs to O.P.No.2 subject to the result of criminal case. The prayer for bail now has been renewed by the petitioner by taking a ground that the petitioner has remained in custody for a period nearly one year (with effect from 3.7.2009). Counsel for the informant- O.P.No.2 would point out that the petitioner has dubious past and similar cheating has been committed by the petitioner with other persons. In fact this aspect of the matter becomes more serious because the petitioner in paragraph 9 of the bail application has stated that the petitioner has got no 2 criminal antecedent, whereas counsel for O.P.No.2 has produced documents in support of the fact that the petitioner is having criminal antecedent and that he was made accused also in Complaint Case No. 20(c)/ 2008 wherein the cognizance has been taken against the petitioner by an order dated 27.11.2009. It thus becomes clear that the petitioner is not only making false statement with regard to criminal antecedent but has also been tried to overreach the authority of the Court by taking different pleas at different point of time. Such person, therefore, would not deserve the privilege of bail. The prayer for bail of the petitioner is, accordingly, rejected and the trial court is, hereby, directed to ensure that the trial of the petitioner is expedited so that the same is concluded within a period of one year from today. In the event the trial of the petitioner would not be concluded within the aforementioned period the petitioner will have the liberty initially to move the trial 3 court which then would record reasons for not concluding the trial in the aforementioned period, whereafter only the petitioner may renew his prayer for bail before this Court. (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.) Surendra/