IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr. Misc. No. 33525 of 2009 Gopal Lal Singh, S/o Jamil Lal Singh, Resident of Village Kayan, P.S. Kochadhaman, Distt. Kishanganj. -------- Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar ------ Opp. Party ---------- 2 7.10.2009 Heard counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the State. The petitioner is facing a direct allegation of killing his wife under Section 302 I.P.C. and is a named accused in the First Information Report. He has also absconded for a period of three years which by itself is a good enough for rejecting of the prayer for bail of the petitioner. Accordingly, for the aforesaid reasons, the prayer for bail of the petitioner, namely, Gopal Lal Singh is hereby rejected with a direction to the trial court to ensure that since the petitioner is the sole accused, his trial may be taken up on out of turn basis and the same be expeditiously concluded preferably within a period of one year from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. In the event, the trial of the petitioner will not be concluded in the aforementioned period of one year, the petitioner will have liberty initially 2 to move the trial court which will record its reasons for not concluding the trial and only thereafter, the petitioner may renew his prayer for bail before this Court. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)