IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.40778 of 2009 PIRTHVI RISHIDEV @ PRITHVI RISHI, SON OF ANUP RISHIDEV, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE-HARMUNDI, P.S. BANMANKHI, DISTRICT-PURNEA………PETITIONER. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR………………OPPOSITE PARTY. ---------- For the Petitioner : Mr. Ashok Kumar Jha and Dr. Bidhu Ranjan, Advocates. For the State : Mr. Dinesh Singh, A.P.P. ---------- 6. 5.4.2010. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned A.P.P. for the State and perused the report, kept at flag ‘A’ as well as the affidavit filed on behalf of the State. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered under Sections 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that as per the allegation set up in the First Information Report, three persons were involved in strangulating, however, subsequently, the petitioner was found pressing the neck of the deceased. It has also been submitted that though charges have been framed in this case in the year 2006 itself, trial could not be concluded till date. - 2 - However, keeping in view of the direct allegation against the petitioner, which has been taken note in the earlier order dated 10.4.2006 passed in Criminal Misc. No.12464 of 2006 by a Bench of this Court, rejecting the prayer for bail of the petitioner, as contained in Annexure- ‘1’ to the application, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. As a result, this application is dismissed. However, the concerned trial court is directed to conclude the trial expeditiously, preferably within a period of six months. The Superintendent of Police, Purnea, is also directed to ensure that official witnesses are produced on the fixed dates for their examination. If the trial is not concluded within the aforesaid period of six months, the petitioner, if so advised, would be at liberty to renew his prayer for bail. P.S. (Dr. Ravi Ranjan,J)