IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr Misc No 12275 of 2009 PAWAN YADAV Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2 25.05.2009 The petitioner is in jail since 04.08.2007 in relation to Nimchak Bathani Police Station Case No 29 of 2005 registered under Section 379 and other sections of Indian Penal Code read with Section 17 of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act. It is alleged that about 40 to 50 persons raided a petrol pump, looted the cash and damaged the property there. The petitioner has been subsequently found to be one of the members in the said raid and is in custody since 04.08.2007. The petitioner has criminal antecedents as well. In the facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Prayer of petitioner for bail is rejected. The trial may be expedited and in case the trial is not concluded within two years, the petitioner may renew his prayer for bail. M.E.H./ (Navaniti Prasad Singh)