IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.23699 of 2010 LAL BABU SINGH, son of Sri Bihari Singh, resident of village- Laxmipur, Police Station, Bathnaha, District- Sitamarhi… Petitioner. Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2. 18.08.2010 Heard counsel for the petitioner, counsel for the State as also counsel for the informant. Earlier the prayer for bail of the petitioner was rejected by a reasoned order on merits on 2.12.2009 in Cr. Misc. No. 26187 of 2009. Counsel for the petitioner again pressing for bail in this application would submit that five of the witnesses have already been examined and at least from their deposition nothing tangible has emerged so as to implicate the petitioner. In the opinion of this Court, once the prayer for bail has already been rejected on merit, there would be no question to reconsider the prayer for bail when the trial has already commenced. Since now the trial has already commenced, this Court is not going to reconsider the prayer for bail on merits and therefore this application is dismissed with a direction to the trial court to ensure that the trial of the petitioner is concluded within a period 2 of six months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. In the event, the trial of the petitioner would not be concluded within the aforementioned period of six months, the petitioner will have a liberty to first move the trial court which would then record its reasons for not concluding the trial within the aforementioned period and only thereafter, the petitioner may renew his prayer for bail before this Court. With the aforementioned observation and direction, this application is dismissed. kanchan (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)