IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.28506 of 2010 PANKAJ KUMAR TANTI, son of Jagdeo Tanti, resident of village Sarobag, P.S. Dharhara, District Munger Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3. 7.10.2010 Having heard counsel for the petitioner and the counsel for the State as also taking into account that the petitioner has a chequered past of having criminal antecedent of being accused at least in three cases and that the looted articles recovered from his conscious possession have also been identified in the Test Identification Parade by the victim informant as also from his body search by the police a country made pistol with three live cartridges were also recovered this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner for the present. The prayer for bail, therefore, is rejected with a direction to the trial court to ensure that trial of the petitioner is completed within a period of one year from today. In the event the trial of the petitioner would not be concluded in the aforesaid period of one year, he will have the liberty to move the trial court for bail 2 which then would indicate the reasons for not concluding the trial, whereafter the petitioner may renew his such prayer for bail before this Court. (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.) Surendra/