ORDER :

1. The petitioner has been arrested in connection with FIR No.246/2020 of Police Station Padampur, District Sriganganagar for the offence punishable under Sections 302, 147, 148, 149, 447, 430-A read with Section 120-B of IPC. He has preferred this third bail application under Section 439 Cr.P.C. (Section 483 BNSS).

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that upto this time only ten prosecution witnesses have been examined out of total thirty three witnesses. Counsel further submits that later on other accused have been arrested and they have been charge-sheeted against, in which total fifty two witnesses have been cited in the list of witnesses. It is further argued that proceedings under Section 446 Cr.P.C. is going on against the petitioner and the trial is yet pending. The accused-petitioner is in judicial custody since 11.12.2020 and the trial of the case will take sufficient long time to be concluded. Therefore, the benefit of bail should be granted to the accused-petitioner.

3. Learned Public Prosecutor has vehemently opposed the bail application.

4. I have considered the submissions made by both the parties and have perused the material available on record. The p