IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.22621 of 2007 MRITUNJAY KUMAR VERMA Versus STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 2 21.5.2009 Vide order dated 11.11.2004 passed by the SDJM, Supaul in G.R.Case No.216/1997, the prayer of the petitioner to call witnesses to prove the Trace Map has been rejected and the prosecution evidence has been closed. The order has directed that the statement of accused will be taken under Section 313 Cr.P.C.. The application of the present petitioner lacks bonafide because the case is dragging since 1997 and if the petitioner did not succeed in producing or proning the Trace Map despite lapse of twelve years, then the object is not to conduct trial in a fair manner, but to keep the matter pending for one reason or the other. The court below has done no wrong in closing the prosecution case and this Court is not inclined to interfere with the impugned order. The application is dismissed. SKBOSE (Ajay Kumar Tripathi)