IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.2279 of 2011 BHIKHARI SINGH Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ------- 2 07.03.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. It would appear from perusal of the impugned order that petitioner was all along on bail but in course of trial, his bail bond was cancelled on 24.6.1999 and subsequently, on 3.8.2010 petitioner suo moto surrendered before the court concerned. It would further appear from the impugned order that charges were framed against petitioner on 26.7.1996 and from the date of framing charge till cancellation of his bail bond, he was regularly attending the court but the trial court could not succeed to conclude the trial of petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that after attending the court regularly for more than three years, petitioner went outside the State in connection with his livelihood after entrusting pairvi of the aforesaid case to his advocate’s clerk but unfortunately, advocate’s clerk did not inform about the development of the above stated case to petitioner resulting cancellation of his bail bond. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Bhikhari Singh be released 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 Addl. Sessions Judge II, Bhojpur at Ara in NDPS Case No. 16/1999 arising out of Udwantnagar P.S. Case no. 70 of 1995 with condition - 2 - that petitioner shall attend the trial court regularly on each and every date for a period of nine months and if he fails to attend the trial court on two consecutive dates without having any valid reason, the learned trial court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail bond of the petitioner after considering the reason assigned by petitioner for his absent. Furthermore, the learned trial court is directed to conclude the trial of petitioner within nine months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J.)