SHANKAR LAL Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS order governs the disposal of bail application filed under Section 439 of Cr.P.C. by Shri Hridayesh Singh Advocate on behalf of the applicant Shankar lal pertaining to Criminal Case No. 672/1993 pending before the Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate (Communal Riots), Kota in the offences under Sections 457 and 380 of IPC.

(2.) HEARD the learned counsel for the petitioner as also the learned Public Prosecutor for the State and perused the material on record.

(3.) HOWEVER, keeping in view the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, learned trial court is directed to expedite and conclude the trial within a period of three months, as the petitioner has been in custody for quite a long time.