IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.52297 of 2008 RANJEET PASWAN @ KUTUMB PASWAN @ KUTUMA son of Rudal Paswan, resident of village Pipra Dodraj, P.S. Teghra, District Begusarai … … Petitioner Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR … … Opp. Party For the petitioner:Shri Vinod Gautam For the State: Shri Dashrath Mehta,APP ----------- 2. 30.1.2009 Heard. The petitioner is in custody in a case under Sections 395, 392, and 120B of the Indian Penal Code. The case relates to snatching of a motorcycle from the possession of the informant who was returning along with others of his family. The rejection order indicates that the petitioner was arrested while moving on the motorcycle which was the subject matter of theft. The learned Sessions Judge, Begusarai, who dismissed the prayer of the petitioner has mentioned in paragraph 5 of his order the reason for non-conclusion of the trial and the Court is a bit shocked to find that the liberty of a person could be misused by the Judges who are supposed to protect the liberty. In spite of the case 2 being committed to the court of Sessions the court below, as may appear from that particular part of the order, could not put the case on hearing for many reasons and for one important reason that the case remained pending in the vacant court. One does not know as to how many of such cases in the State of Bihar are lying unattended in vacant courts. It could be for the Registrar General to assess by seeking the statements from different District and Sessions Judges as to how many Sessions Trial or Magisterial trials are pending in vacant courts and lay the report after receiving of the same before the appropriate authorities of this Court on its administrative side. As regards the question of granting bail to the petitioner, considering that the petitioner is in custody since 29.8 2004, for more than four years, without the trial being concluded, let the above named petitioner be released on his furnishing a bond of Rs. 10,000/-( ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of 2nd Assistant Sessions Judge, Begusarai, in 3 Sessions Trial No. 15 of 2006, arising out of Bhagwanpur P.S.Case No. 98 of 2004. Kanth ( Dharnidhar Jha, J.)