IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.15161 of 2011 Ramkeshwar Sah @ Amin Sah SON OF CHATURGAN SAH RESIDENT OF SHANKAR SHARAIYA, P.S. TURKAULIA, DISTRICT MOTIHARI. Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 3 14/09/2011 Prayer for bail of the petitioner was earlier rejected on 20.05.2009. Direction was given to expedite the trial in Turkaulia P.S. Case No. 216/2008 giving rise to Sessions Trial No. 4 of 2009. Petitioner has been in custody since 18.10.2008. As per the latest report submitted by the 3rd Additional Sessions Judge, East Champaran at Motihari only six witnesses have been examined out of 17 chargesheet witnesses so far and even according to his estimate the trial is likely to take atleast another year. Looking at the period the petitioner has spent in custody as well as the case where the petitioner is not a hardened criminal as such and is willing to cooperate in trial and will appear on each and every date fixed in the trial before the trial court, let petitioner Ramkeshwar Sah alias Amin Sah be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty five thousand) with two - 2 - sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the 3rd Additional Sessions Judge, East Champaran at Motihari in Sessions Trial No. 04 of 2009 arising out of Turkaulia P.S. Case No. 216/2008. One of the sureties will be executed by the father of the petitioner and another by a close relation belonging to the area where the case has been instituted. Since the trial is continuing, may be at a leisurely pace, petitioner would be obliged to appear before the trial court on each and every date fixed in the trial unless there is some extraordinary circumstance having valid justification for absence on the date fixed. If the petitioner after release tries to intimidate the witnesses or otherwise frustrate the trial in any manner, the court below has full liberty to take away the benefit of bail granted to him. AMIN/ (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)