IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.4708 of 2008 UMESH YADAV Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 4. 23.7.2008 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. The petitioner has again approached this Court with a prayer for bail after his earlier application for bail was rejected by order dated 6.12.2006 of this Court passed in Cr. Misc. No.24924/2006. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has remained in custody since 6.12.2005 and till today not a single prosecution witness has been examined, although this Court by the earlier order had directed for separation of his trial and to proceed with the trial expeditiously. In the report sent by the Assistant Sessions Judge, Ist, Danapur also, it is stated that not a single witness has been produced on behalf of the prosecution up till now. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and considering the fact that the petitioner has remained in jail for more than two years and seven months awaiting his trial, it is directed that the petitioner ( Umesh Yadav ) shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, one of whom must be a close relation of the petitioner, to the satisfaction of the Assistant Sessions Judge, Ist, Danapur in connection with Sessions Trial No.615/2007, arising out of Bihta P.S. Case No. 342/2005. VPS ( Ramesh Kumar Datta,J.)