IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.13827 of 2010 SHATRUGHAN PRASAD SINGH @ SONA SINGH, SON OF BIRENDRA KUMAR SINGH, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE- SIRSA, POLICE STATION-MOTIHARI MUFASSIL, DISTRICT-EAST CHAMPARAN AT MOTIHARI……………………………………PETITIONER. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR………………OPPOSITE PARTY. ----------- For the Petitioner : Mr. Pramod Mishra, Advocate. For the State : None. --------- 4. 14.7.2010. A supplementary affidavit has been filed on behalf of the petitioner. Let it be kept on record. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner. Nobody appears on behalf of the State. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner has relied upon the deposition of the witnesses examined on behalf of the prosecution. However, from the deposition of the P.W.1, namely, Anjali Kumar, who is the victim herself, it appears that she has clearly stated that this petitioner had committed rape upon her. Learned counsel - 2 - has submitted that this stand was not taken by her earlier as her statement under Section 164 Cr.P.C. was not recorded and even she is not the informant. The prayer of the petitioner was earlier rejected vide order dated 5.10.2009 passed in Criminal Misc. No.19965 of 2009 (Annexure-‘1’ to this application). However, liberty was granted to the petitioner to renew his prayer for bail after six months but in the aforementioned facts and the circumstances of the case, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner at this stage. As a result, the bail application of the petitioner stands dismissed. I have perused the report of the 4th Additional District and Sessions Judge, Motihari, East Champaran, dated 27.5.2010, and according to him total six prosecution witnesses have already been examined and the case has been fixed for examination of the defence witnesses. In the above view of the matter, I deem it proper that every steps for expeditious disposal of the trial, preferably within six months, should be taken by the trial court concerned. - 3 - It is made clear that the trial court shall proceed and dispose of the matter in accordance with law on its own merit without being prejudiced by any observation made or finding recorded by this Court in this order. P.S. (Dr. Ravi Ranjan,J)