IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.24849 of 2010 LALIT NARAYAN CHAUDHARY Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3. 22.9.2010. Heard. The Court is not happy with the time frame, which is set down by the Magistrate of Ist Class, Vaishali at Hajipur for disposing of the trial arising out of Tisiauta P.S.Case No.10 of 2006. The Magistrate has informed this Court that he may take in between six months to one year in concluding the trial. The Court does not see any finality in the time frame and the officer appears not appreciating the anxiety of this Court as regards the trial of the case. The trial is required to be taken up with expedition, because the facts are very tell-tale. The petitioner who was working in Muzaffarpur R.M.S. is said to have initiated forged fabricated money orders in the name of some of his acquaintances, specially, in the name of the sister of his wife which used to be paid to her and another namely Laulesh Kumar, who used to deliver the amount received by them to the petitioner on receipt of the amount which was revealed during the enquiry which was directed to be held to find out the realities about the fraud perpetrated by the present petitioner. The petitioner has always contended that he is innocent and the said Laulesh Kumar @ Lavlesh Kumar Choudhary and Ahilya Devi have been admitted to bail. The deeds of the petitioner have been clearly brought out in a departmental enquiry and that 2 report is the basis of the FIR. The Court is still not inclined to direct release of the petitioner. Let the Post Master General, Bihar Circle, Patna be directed to personally review the case which concerns defrauding the assets of the post-office by initiating fake and fabricated postal money orders so as to misappropriate the amount. The Court does not see any reason why the evidence is being awaited for such a long time. The documents showing the initiation of the fake money orders including the connected records and registers of the post-offices could be the only evidence in addition to a couple of officers or so, who had held the enquiry to make the report, which is the basis of the FIR. Should this Court believe that the post offices are meant to be plundered and the Post Master General, Bihar is shutting his eyes to it ? The Post Master General, Bihar is supposed to be responsible to the general public and the exchequer. The Magistrate shall fix a date to produce all the documentary evidence before him which shall be produced before him through an advocate of Post Master General and his concerned officials. The Magistrate shall examine only the informant and other official(s) of the Post-Offices who had conducted enquiry and made the report. He shall thereafter proceed to dispose of the case in accordance with law. B.Kr. ( Dharnidhar Jha, J.)