IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.33454 of 2009 Bhakhala Yadav @ Bal Govind Yadav, Son of Harinandan Yadav, Resident of Village Snandh Bigha, Police Station Kari-Parsurai, District Nalanda. -------- Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar -------- Opp. Party ----------- 3 12.10.2009 Heard counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the State. Considering the nature of allegation under Section 394 of the Indian Penal Code as also the fact that the petitioner is an accused at least in three cases as stated in the supplementary affidavit filed today including for offence under Section 307/302 of the Indian Penal Code, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner for the present. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner, namely, Bhakhala Yadav @ Bal Govind Yadav is hereby rejected. This Court, therefore, while rejecting the prayer for bail of the petitioner would direct the court below to ensure that the trial of the petitioner, if possible, should be concluded within a period of nine months. If the trial is not concluded within the 2 aforementioned period of nine months and the petitioner would complete the judicial custody of a period of one year, the petitioner will have liberty to move the trial court with a prayer for bail and the trial court would be under obligation to record the reasons for not concluding the trial within the aforementioned period of nine months and only thereafter, the petitioner may renew his prayer for bail before this Court. With the aforementioned observations and direction, this application is dismissed. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)