IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.31156 of 2009 MUKESH KUMAR SAHNI @ MUKESH KUMAR @ MUKESH SAHNI Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 4 7/11/2009 Heard counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the State. Considering the fact that the petitioner, though an accused under Section 379 of the Indian Penal Code, by this time has become habitual offender in committing such type of offence, inasmuch as, even before this case he had already been made accused in eight exactly similar cases of theft of motor vehicles and as such this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner in this case. At the same time maximum sentence under Section 379 of the I.P.C. would be three years and therefore trial of the petitioner must be expedited and concluded within a period of one year from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. At the same time since the petitioner is likely to be continued in custody for a period of one year and as all the cases against him are of the same police station, namely 1. Shastrinagar P.S. Case No. 249/2008, 2. Shastrinagar P.S. Case No. 267/2008, 3. Shastrinagar P.S. Case No. 278/2008, 4. Shastrinagar P.S. Case No. 286/2008, 5. Shastrinagar P.S. Case No. 295/2008, 6. Shastrinagar P.S. Case No. 346/2008, 7. Shastrinagar P.S. Case No. 357/2008 and 8. Hawai Adda P.S. Case No. 48/2008, this Court would direct the District and Session Judge, Patna to ensure that trial of all 2 the aforementioned eight cases is transferred to one particular Court where trial of the present case of the petitioner is pending. The trial Court in that case will make endeavor by conducting the trial on day to day basis and the trial in all these nine cases of the petitioner would be concluded within this period of one year. In the event trial of the petitioner is not concluded within the aforementioned period, the petitioner will have liberty to move this Court for grant of bail, but then before doing so he will have to move the Court below and the Court will record reasons for not concluding the trial within the aforementioned period. In such bail petition the petitioner will also give exact position of other eight criminal cases pending against him. With the aforementioned observations/directions this application is dismissed. Let a copy of this order be sent to District and Session Judge, Patna. (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.) Abhay Kumar