IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.8532 of 2008 RAMCHANDRA RAM Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2 15.5.2008 Heard Counsel for the petitioner and A.P.P. representing the State. The petitioner is facing prosecution for offence under Section 382/34 of the Indian Penal Code. Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case by his employer and in fact the allegation of committing theft of Rs. 20,000/- and ornaments against him and his agnates Pintu Sharma and Gautam Sharma is unbelievable. He further submits that the confession of the petitioner before the Police being inadmissible, there is no direct material against him save and except the statement of few highly interested witnesses. This Court after taking into consideration that the petitioner was of a 24 hours domestic servant in the house of the informant and that family members including the informant had not only named him but had also given the details of such involvement of the petitioner, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner at present. However taking into consideration that there are only three accused and 2 two of them namely Pintu Sharma and Gautam Sharma have already been granted bail and the petitioner is in custody since 27.1.2007, this Court directs the Trial Court to conclude the trial within a period of seven months from today so as to ensure that the trial of the petitioner is concluded by 27th of January, 2009. In the event the trial is not concluded in the aforementioned period of two years of judicial custody of the petitioner i.e. by 27.1.2009, the petitioner will be released on bail after the Trial Court is satisfied that there was no role of the petitioner in delaying the trial. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)