IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.24152 of 2009 MANOJ SINGH @ MANOJ KUMAR SINGH, S/O Late Guhan Singh, R/O Village-Bihari Bigha, P.S. Pandarak, District- Patna. .......Petitioner. Versus The State of Bihar....................................................Opposite Party. ----------- 05. 18.11.2009. Heard both sides. Petitioner has renewed his prayer for grant of bail in a case registered under Section 302 of the Penal Code read with Section 27 of the Arms Act. Earlier he had moved this Court for grant of bail which was considered and rejected for the reasons assigned therein under order dated 17.12.2008 (Annexure-1). In terms of the liberty so granted under the aforesaid order, petitioner has now renewed again for grant of bail. Under order dated 07.10.2009, status report regarding the present stage of the trial, was called for. The report is on record placed at Flag-‘P’. It appears from perusal of the status report that all the prosecution witnesses have been examined. The matter is now pending for examination of the two official witnesses, namely, the doctor and the Investigating Officer. The order dated 17.12. 2008(Annexure-1) would show that the petitioner is in custody since 01.12.2005. Having regard to all the facts and circumstances appearing from record, this Court while declined the prayer of the petitioner disposes of the application in following manner. 2 The trial court shall endeavor to examine the remaining prosecution witnesses on or before 31.01.2010 and conclude the prosecution evidence failing which the trial court shall release the petitioner, namely, Manoj Singh @ Manoj Kumar Singh on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the A.D.J. III, Barh, District-Patna in connection with S.T. No. 679 of 2006 which shall be subject to the following conditions: (i) One of the bailors shall be own close relative of the petitioner. (ii) Petitioner shall appear on each date fixed in the trial. In case of default in such appearance without any compelling reasons whereafter the trial court shall cancel bail bond of the petitioner and secure his arrest in accordance with law. U.K. (Kishore K. Mandal,J)