IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.34820 of 2009 UMAKANT DUBEY son of late Jagdish Yadav, resident of village Jhumar Dihra, P. S. Barun, District Aurangabad (Bihar)… Petitioner Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2. 09.10.2009. Heard counsel for he petitioner and counsel for the State. Considering the nature of allegation as also the chequered criminal past of the petitioner not only in this State but also in other State as recorded in the impugned order rejecting the bail of the petitioner, this court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. There being at least eight criminal cases mentioned in the impugned order expeditious trial of all those cases would be necessary. At the same time, the petitioner in connection with present case of the year 2002 cannot be kept in custody for an indefinite period and therefore trial of the petitioner in this case also needs to be expedited. Trial court is accordingly directed that the trial of the petitioner should be expedited and concluded preferably within a period of one year from the date of 2 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 a liberty to initially move the trial court for bail. The trial court will be under obligation to record its reasons for not concluding the trial. Only thereafter, the petitioner may renew his prayer for bail before this court. With the aforementioned observations and directions, this application is dismissed. kanchan ((Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)