IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.47461 of 2008 SATYENDRA MANDAL, son of Ram Shreshtha Mandal, resident of village Bhavdepur Got, Ward No. 18, P.S. Riga, District Sitamarhi …Petitioner Versus STATE OF BIHAR ….Opposite party ----------- 02/ 17.12.2008 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. Petitioner is an accused in a case under Sections 436, 380 and other allied Sections of the Indian Penal Code and is named in the First Information Report along with Shashi Bhushan Mandal, who is said to have set the house of the informant on fire. Petitioner is alleged to have snatched Rs. 25,000/- from the attaché case. In the circumstances, at this stage, I am not inclined to admit the petitioner to the privilege of bail, as he is in jail custody only for three months. This application is, accordingly, rejected. It appears, while petitioner was absconding, four charge sheet witnesses were examined in the trial, who did not support the occurrence. In the circumstances, trial court is directed to take up the trial of the petitioner and conclude the same as early as possible, in any case within six months from the date of receipt/ production of a copy of this order. Let this order be communicated not only to the trial court, through the District Judge, Sitamarhi, but also to the Superintendent of Police, Sitamarhi and the Officer-in- 2 charge, Riga P.S. in connection with Riga P.S. Case No. 32 of 2008 so that the witnesses may be again produced for recording their evidence, by the office of this Court through fax. Arjun/ (V.N. Sinha, J.)