Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court; Criminal Miscellaneous No. 24010 of 2025; decided 01-08-2025; Honourable Mr. Justice Nawneet Kumar Pandey (single judge, oral order); petitioner Md. Meeraj @ Late Mumtaz Ahmad @ Late Md. Muntaj; State of Bihar (Opposite Party); PS Case No. 162 of 2022, Thana Bhagwanpur, District Vaishali; third bail application; bail rejected/dismissed; two prior rejections (Cr. Misc. No. 70079 of 2022, order dated 19.04.2023; Cr. Misc. No. 38710 of 2024, order dated 23.07.2024); custody more than three years; criminal antecedents (petitioner: three; co-accused Saurabh Mishra: one; co-accused Manish Kumar: none); parity with co-accused granted bail by coordinate Benches; direction to trial court to conclude trial within nine months; liberty to renew bail prayer; advocates Niranjan Parihar (petitioner) and Rana Randhir Singh (State/APP).
What did the court decide?
Bail refused; the learned court below directed to conclude the trial within nine months, failing which the petitioner is at liberty to renew his prayer for bail.