Patna High Court

Md. Shakib @ Shakib NehalversusThe State of Bihar

Decided: 11 February 2026
Disposal: BAIL REJECTED
Bench: CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA

Holding

Bail was denied because the trial was near its conclusion and the pending official witness did not warrant release.

Summary

The petitioner, Md. Shakib, filed a bail application in a criminal miscellaneous case pending before the Patna High Court. The trial was at its final stage with only one official witness, a doctor, yet to be examined. The court considered that the trial was nearing completion and that the pending witness did not justify granting bail. Consequently, the bail petition was rejected. The trial court was directed to conclude the trial within two months.

Issues considered

Whether bail should be granted to the petitioner given that the trial is at its final stage and only one official witness remains to be examined.

Subjects

bail
criminal procedure
trial completion
official witness

Judgment

                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                               CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.90089 of 2025
                       Arising Out of PS. Case No.-231 Year-2024 Thana- KHAJEKALA District- Patna
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                  Md. Shakib @ Shakib Nehal S/O Md. Tajauddin @ Munshi R/O Begma Ki
                  Haweli, Kali Mandir, P.S- Khajekalan, Distt.- Patna.
                                                                              ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                    Versus
                  The State of Bihar
                                                                       ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                  Appearance :
                  For the Petitioner/s     :       Mr.Amit Anand
                  For the Opposite Party/s :       Mr.Sangeeta Sharma
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                  CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA
                                        ORAL ORDER

2    11-02-2026                     Considering the submission as only one official

                    witness i.e., doctor is left to be examined in this matter.

                                 2. In view of aforesaid submission and by taking

                    note of fact as trial of this case is at its fag end, accordingly,

                    prayer of bail of petitioner stands rejected for the present.

                                 3. Learned Trial Court is directed to conclude the

                    trial preferably within two months.


                                                          (Chandra Shekhar Jha, J.)
S.Tripathi/-

U       T

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