IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.30414 of 2010 MANOJ SINGH S/O LATE AJAY SINGH Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3. 16.11.2010 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner seeks bail in a case instituted for the offence under Sections 396 and 397 of the Indian Penal Code. The petitioner is not named in the First Information Report but 13 days later the driver of the vehicle which was used for commission of the offence was interrogated and he disclosed the complicity of the petitioner both in statement recorded under Section 161 and 164 Cr.P.C. Considering the nature of allegation as also the criminal antecedents of the petitioner, I am not inclined to grant him bail. Prayer for bail is rejected. The Trial Court is directed to expedite the trial in view of the serious nature of the offence. Fahad. ( Anjana Prakash, J. )