IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.13164 of 2008 BASHISHTH YADAV Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2 16.5.08 Petitioner had been granted bail in Gobardhana P.S.Case no. 6 of 1997 but when Investigating Officer was present for giving his evidence on 6.4.1999 the petitioner absented and ultimately was declared absconder on 21.5.2000. He has recently remanded to custody on 10.10.2006 after six years and his bail application now has been rejected . It is clear that the trial has commenced in the year 1999 and has got disrupted for six years because of petitioner’s absence. Petitioner submits that even though he is in custody since 10.10.2006 and his trial, which had been separated, has been amalgamated with the main case, no progress has been made and not a single witness has been examined for the last two years. In the facts and circumstances of the case, let petitioner, Bashishth Yadav, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thoiusand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M.,Bagaha,District- West Champaran ,in Tr. no. 182/07 arising out of Gobardhana P.S.Case no. 6/97, subject to the condition that one of the bailors should be Raju Yadav, younger brother of the petitioner and that the petitioner would be physically present on each and every date and would not claim for exemption. The trial Court is further directed to take all effective steps to conclude the trial of the case, preferably within a period of six months from today. Singh (Navaniti Prasad Singh) 2