IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.33520 of 2009 Naresh Bin alias Naresh Mahto, S/o Late Marai Mahto, Resident of Village Piyarpurawah, P.S. Marhowrah, Distt. Saran at Chapra. ---- Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar ----- Opp. Party ------------ 2 7.10.2009 Heard counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the State. Normally the petitioner found to be in possession of one country made pistol and one cartridge while facing allegation under section 25/26 of the Arms Act was entitled for being released on bail specially when this Court would find that he is in custody since 7.11.2008. The difficulty, however, for the petitioner is that he is having nine similar cases against him and therefore, this Court is not inclined to direct for release of the petitioner on bail for the present. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner, namely, Naresh Bin @ Naresh Mahto is hereby rejected. The case against the petitioner under Arms Act is basically to be adjudicated on the evidence of the officials witnesses and therefore, this Court would direct the trial 2 court to expedite the trial of the petitioner by ensuring that the same is concluded within a period of one year from the date of receipt/ production of a copy of this order. In the event, the trial of the petitioner would not be concluded in the aforementioned period of one year, he shall have liberty initially to move the trial court, which must record the reasons for not concluding the trial. The trial court may in fact also grant bail to the petitioner if it finds that such delay in concluding the trial is totally attributable to the prosecution. If however the bail application of the petitioner is rejected by the trial court, the petitioner will have liberty to move this court with a prayer for bail. With the aforementioned observations and directions this application is dismissed. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)