IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.22796 of 2009 MINTU SINGH son of Lalan Singh, resident of Village-Chainpatti, P.S. Gopalganj, District Gopalganj. Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3 1/9/2009 Heard counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the State. Normally for recovery of a revolver and few live cartridges, jail custody of more than a year was sufficient for the petitioner for being granted bail in connection with the present case under Arms Act, but if the petitioner is also involved in nine other substantive cases and some of them are for major offences he will be not entitled for grant of bail, at least for the present. In that view of the matter, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner and accordingly prayer for bail of the petitioner is rejected, but then trial court must ensure that the trial against the petitioner is taken up out of turn and is concluded within a period of nine months from today. In the event, trial is not concluded within the period as aforesaid, the petitioner will have liberty to move initially the trial court and the trial court will be under obligation to record reasons for not concluding the trial within the time fixed and it is only thereafter the petitioner shall have liberty to move this Court. Abhay Kumar (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)