IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.40015 of 2009 RAJU RANJAN SINGH @ RAJIV RANJAN SINGH @ RAJU SINGH, son of Shiv Gopal Singh, resident of village Arak, P.S. Brahmpur (Krishna Brahm), District Buxar Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3. 14.12.2009 Heard counsel for the petitioner and the counsel for the State. The prayer for bail of the petitioner for offence u/s 302/120B/34 of the Indian Penal Code and section 27 of the Arms Act has been rejected twice by this Court on merits by the orders dated 9.2.2007 and 3.12.2007 as would be apparent from Annexures 2 and 2/1 to this bail application. Mr. Ram Suresh Roy, learned Senior counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, however, would submit that the petitioner is in custody since 9.9.2005 and despite an observation in the order of this Court dated 3.12.2007 as with regard to expediting the trial nothing tangible has been done till date, inasmuch as neither the informant nor the official witnesses including the Investigating Officer has been examined by the prosecution in a space of two years from the date of last rejection of 2 the prayer for bail of the petitioner. This Court would find that the petitioner was a named accused in a case which was lodged in the year 2002 and he took three years in surrendering/ coming to the shelter of the court. In that view of the matter, when the petitioner now has completed more than four years of his judicial custody his case must be disposed of at an early date but with the same expedition in which he had surrendered. Considering all these aspects of the matter, this Court would direct the trial court to ensure that the trial of the petitioner is concluded in the period of next nine months so that the trial of the petitioner comes to an end on or before 9th of September, 2010 i.e. within five years of his judicial custody. With the aforementioned observation and direction, this application is dismissed. (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.) Surendra/