IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.28195 of 2010 DHRUB KUMAR DAS @ DHRUB DAS, son of late Khajji Das, resident of Gobardhanpur, P.S. Lodipur, District Bhagalpur Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2. 5.10.2010 Having heard counsel for the petitioner and the counsel for the State as also taking into account that though the petitioner is an accused for offence under section 379 of the Indian Penal Code but then the petitioner has criminal antecedent of the same offence in five other cases as is clearly mentioned in the report of the criminal antecedent by the Superintendent of Police, Bhagalpur dated 3.9.2010 at Flag ‘X’, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner for the present. Counsel for the petitioner, however, submits that the petitioner is in custody since 12.11.2009. If that be so, the trial court must make all its endeavor to complete the trial within a period of nine months and if the trial of the petitioner is not concluded within the aforementioned period, the petitioner will have the liberty initially to move the trial court which then would record reasons for not concluding the 2 trial, whereafter the petitioner may renew his prayer for bail before this Court. With the aforementioned observation, this application is dismissed. (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.) Surendra/