IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr. Misc. No.11460 of 2011 Nandlal Yadav @ Nand Lal Choudhary @ Nandu, son of Late Ram Lakhan Yadav, resident of Mahuwai, Police Station Nautan, District Siwan. ------ Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar --------- Opp. Party ----------- 2 13.5.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the State. The prayer of the petitioner was earlier rejected by an order dated 9.10.2009 in Cr. Misc. No. 34795 of 2009 giving liberty to the petitioner to renew his prayer for bail after completing one more year of his judicial custody. From the order passed by the trial court, it would appear that though the petitioner was the sole accused, his commitment could not be made as the production warrant against him could not be served for a long time. Thus, it would be clear that the delay in concluding the trial cannot be attributed to the prosecution and if the petitioner had himself evaded the trial leading to framing of charge only on 7.3.2011, the petitioner cannot get benefit 2 of the observations made earlier. In that view of the matter, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner for the present. The trial court is hereby directed to ensure that the trial of the petitioner is expedited and concluded preferably within a period of nine months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. The Superintendent of Police, Siwan should also ensure that the prosecution witnesses required in connection with S. Tr. No. 95 of 2011 arising out of Nautan P.S. Case No.111 of 2007 are produced within a period of six months so that the trial of the petitioner gets concluded in the aforementioned period of time frame. Let a copy of this order be given to the Additional Sessions Judge, F.T.C. No.1st, Siwan as also Superintendent of Police, Siwan for its strict compliance. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)