IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.8445 of 2009 DHAMALU PANDEY, SON OF DEENA NATH PANDEY, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE-LOHATHI, P.S. KATEYA, DISTRICT-GOPALGANJ. …………………………………………………………….PETITIONER. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR……………………………OPPOSITE PARTY. ----------- For the Petitioner : Mr. Shekhar Singh, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Abhimanyu Sharma, A.P.P. ------------ 2. 28.4.2009. The petitioner, Dhamalu Pandey, one of the F.I.R. named accused, is in custody since 29.6.2007 in connection with Kateya P.S. Case No.71 of 1999. The allegation against the petitioner is of his having with his other accomplices variously armed with rifle, gun and other deadly weapons fired indiscriminately on informant thereby causing bullet injury on his leg. Charge appears to have been framed against the petitioner and he is said to be involved in several heinous offences and is also possessed of a criminal antecedent. Although no incriminating articles have been recovered either from the possession or person of the petitioner and the allegations appear to be general and omnibus in nature with no specific overt act being attributed to the petitioner, in view of his criminal antecedent I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner at the present. His prayer for bail is accordingly rejected. The petitioner may renew his prayer for bail after one year in the event the Sessions - 2 - Trial No.31 of 2008 before the learned Presiding Judge, Fast Track Court No.III, Gopalganj, is not concluded within one year. At the same time, the learned Presiding Judge, Fast Track Court No.III, Gopalganj, in view of the original case being of the year 1999, is hereby directed to dispose of the trial as expeditiously as possible preferably within nine months from the date of receipt of copy of this order. P.S. (Abhijit Sinha,J)