IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr Misc No 4510 of 2011 Jitendra Ravidas, son of late Shiv Saran Das, resident of village – Korap, P S – Korap, District – Gaya - Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar - Opposite Party ----------- 2 22.02.2011 The petitioner is in custody since 21.12.2009 in relation to Konch Police Station Case No 78 of 2001 for an offence under Section 302 and others sections of Indian Penal Code read with Arms Act and Section 17 of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act which was instituted on the report of one Girija Devi. On behalf of petitioner, it is submitted that the petitioner had left the village and did not know of the progress of the case or anything about it. My attention has been drawn to the judgment in Sessions Trial No 26 of 2005 delivered by Fast Track Court No III, Gaya on 07th June, 2008. This trial was in relation to other accused persons of the same case wherein the trial Court has categorically noted that the prosecution has miserably failed to establish its case inasmuch as the said Girija Devi herself was declared hostile and all other, including her, deposed in the Court that they had not identified or named any person in relation to the said occurrence. The case, thus, ended in acquittal. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner abovenamed be released on bail on his furnishing bonds of Rs 10,000/- 2 (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya in Konch Police Station Case No 78 of 2001 subject to the condition that he would be personally present in the trial before the trial Court on every date fixed and the trial Court must conclude the proceedings expeditiously preferably within six months from today. M.E.H./ (Navaniti Prasad Singh)