IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr. Misc. No.5318 of 2011 Shekhar Yadav, Son of Anil Yadav @ Abhi Yadav, R/o-Vill.-Bhatha, P.S.- Belchhi, District-Patna. –Petitioner. VERSUS The State of Bihar -Opposite Party. ----------- 02 15.03.2011 The petitioner is in custody in relation to Asthawan (Bind) P.S. Case No.185 of 2003 instituted under Section 396 of the Indian Penal Code. Petitioner was not named in the F.I.R. but in course of investigation petitioner’s name surfaced on basis of a confession of a co-accused, Chandan Kumar. Accordingly, chargesheet was submitted in the year 2006 showing petitioner as absconder after all processes were exhausted. It was only in the year 2010 petitioner has been remanded to judicial custody. On behalf of the petitioner, it is submitted that several of the accused persons including Chandan Kumar have been acquitted after trial. In my view, it is only appropriate that petitioner should face the trial and get over with the case. I, therefore, direct the Court below to immediately take all effective steps to commit the case to the Court of Sessions and direct the trial Court thereafter to proceed with the trial and conclude the same within six months, the case being committed to the Court of Sessions. If the trial is not concluded within six months after the case being committed to the Court of Sessions, subject to petitioner cooperating in the case, the petitioner would be released on - 2 - bail on furnishing a bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of the trial Court. Trivedi/ (Navaniti Prasad Singh, J.)