IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION On this 07th day of August 2004 Criminal Misc. 2nd Bail Application No. 578/2004 Order on the bail application of the accused. Criminal Side Sham Shad S/o Shaukat Ali R/o Village Ratuwanangla, P.S. Tanda, Ram Nagar District Nainital …Applicant Vs. State of Uttaranchal …Respondent ____________________________________________________ Arising out of crime No. 31/2003 USs 395, 397, 412, 120-b, 261-A I.P.C. P.S. Ram Nagar, District Nainital ____________________________________________________ By the Court Hon’ble Irshad Hussain,J. Heard Ms. Krishi Shukla, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri A. Rab, learned Additional Government Advocate and perused the record. This is 2nd bail application. The first was rejected on merit. No fresh ground is made out. The bail application is rejected. It is reported that the accused-applicant is in jail for more than 2 ½ years and the trial is pending. The learned sessions judge is directed to expedite the trial and dispose of it according to law expeditiously, preferably, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of the copy of this order. (Irshad Hussain,J.) Dated : 07-08-2004 ISB