IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.30206 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-384 Year-2022 Thana- PUNAURA District- Sitamarhi ======================================================

Raja Kumar @ Karan Kumar, S/o Narendra Singh, R/o Village-Khairwa, Ward No. -3, P.S.- Punaura, District- Sitamarhi ... ... Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party ======================================================

Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Pramod Kumar Sinha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Rajendra Nath Jha, APP ======================================================

CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA ORAL ORDER

6 09-01-2026 This is the second prayer of bail pressed by petitioner after rejection of his first prayer through Cr. Misc. No.35662 of 2024 dated 01.10.2024, where a direction was also given to learned trial court to conclude the trial at its earliest.

2. In the aforesaid background, it is submitted by learned counsel appearing for the petitioner that the petitioner is in custody since 11.12.2023 and till date, despite of custody of more than two years, not even a single prosecution witness was examined in this