JUDGEMENT
Amareshwar Sahay, J. -
(1.) By filing this interlocutory application prayer has
been made by the petitioner to cancel/
recall/annul the order dated 10.1.2006
passed in the Bail Application No. 3920
of2004.
(2.) The background of the facts is
that the petitioner herein was in custody
in connection with the Sessions Trial No.
255/2002 for the offence under section
302, 1.P.C. His prayer for bail was rejected
thrice by this Court in B.A. No. 6189/
2001, B.A. No. 1526/2001 and in B.A.
No. 2042/2003 and also by the Supreme
Court in S.L.P. (Crl.) No. 6677 of 2001. He
thereafter, made fourth attempt before
this Court for bail by filing B.A. No. 3920/
2004. As it appears from the order dated
30.7.2004 passed by a Bench of this Court
that when the Court was not inclined to
grant bail, the petitioner's Counsel submitted that he intends to withdraw the
bail application, if direction is made to
the Trial Court for expeditious disposal
of the trial within a fixed time frame and
as it appears that on the said request of
the petitioner, his application for bail was
dismissed as withdrawn by giving a specific direction to the Trial Court to dispose of the trial definitely by December,
2004. For ready reference the aforesaid
order dated 30.7.2004 is quoted herein
below :
"Heard the learned Counsel for
the parties.
After some arguments, learned Counsel for the petitioner
submits to withdraw this bail
application, if this Court directs the learned Trial Court
for expeditious disposal of this
case within a fixed time frame.
The learned Additional Public
Prosecutor has no objection in
respect thereof.
In view of the submissions
aforesaid, this bail application
is dismissed as withdrawn.
The learned Trial Court (1st
Additional Sessions Judge,
Bokaro at Chas) is directed to
dispose of Sessions Trial No.
255 of 2002 as expeditiously
as possible but definitely by
December, 2004."
(3.) Subsequently, the learned Trial
Court sent a letter to this Court contained in letter No. 369 dated 24.12.2004
stating therein that altogether 17 witnesses of prosecution have been examined
and the case of the prosecution has
been closed on 18.12.2004 and thereafter, statement of the accused-persons
have been recorded on 24.12.2004 and
since the Court was going to be closed
for X-mas Holidays and also that the
accused-persons wanted to adduce their
defence witnesses, therefore, some more
time was required for disposal of the trial
and, therefore, made a request to this
Court to extend the time frame by a further
period of three months for disposal
of the trial.;
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