IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.38694 of 2011 Firoz Alam Versus The State Of Bihar & Anr ----------- For the petitioner: Mr Md Ziyaul Haque, Advocate For the State : Dr Indiwar Kumari, A.P.P. --------- 02/ 05.12.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being husband of the informant is in jail custody since 11.8.2011 in a case registered under sections 498A, 307 and 323/34 of the IPC and 3/ 4 of the D.P. Act. There is allegation against the petitioner that he along with other FIR named accused used to torture the informant on account of non-fulfillment of dowry demand. Annexure 2 to this petition reveals that the informant has sustained several injuries on her person. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that no case under section 307 of the IPC is made out and so far as offence under section 498A of the IPC is concerned, petitioner has sufficiently been punished by remaining in jail custody since 11.8.2011. Taking into consideration the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, I am not inclined to release the petitioner on bail in connection with Palasi P.S. Case no. 106/2011 pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Araria. Accordingly, his prayer for bail is, hereby, rejected. However, the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Araria is directed to conclude the trial of the petitioner within six months from the date of receipt of the order and if the trial is not concluded within 2 the above stated period, the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Araria shall consider the bail petition of the petitioner on its own merit without being prejudiced by this rejection order. shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J)