IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.2047 of 2009 NUKUL RAM @ NAKUL RAM … … Petitioner Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR … … Opp. Party For the petitioner: Shri Rajneesh For the State:Shri Dashrath Mehta, APP ----------- 2. 19.1.2009 Heard. The petitioner’s custody since eight years without the trial being concluded in a case under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code is the reason to approach this Court again. Earlier in Cr.Misc. No. 21866 of 2008 the petitioner was directed by this Court to approach the lower court which was to assign reasons for pendency of the trial. The learned Additional Sessions Judge has assigned the reasons and it appears that after examining all the public witnesses, only the I.O. and the Doctor are yet to be examined on 20.1.2009. It could be supposed that the learned trial court could examine the remaining two witnesses and conclude the trial in the first quarter of 2009. If it does not happen then the petitioner could have good reason to approach this Court with 2 a fresh prayer for bail. This petition is dismissed with the above observation. Kanth ( Dharnidhar Jha, J.)