IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Criminal Appeal (D.B.) No.1567 of 2024 ----- Pappu Kumar Sah @ Pappu Sah, aged about 35 years, s/o Khagen Sah, r/o Pathra Soso Tola, PO & PS-Borio, District-Sahibganj … Appellant Versus The State of Jharkhand … … Respondent ------- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUJIT NARAYAN PRASAD HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRADEEP KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ------- For the Appellant : Mr. Parambir Singh Bajaj, Advocate For the Respondent : Mrs. Priya Shrestha, Spl.PP ------ Order No.04/Dated: 4th March, 2025 1. The instant appeal under section 21(4) of the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 has been directed against the order dated 13.11.2024 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-I, Sahibganj in Miscellaneous Criminal Application No. 483 of 2024 whereby and whereunder the prayer for regular bail of the appellant in connection with S.T. Case No.352 of 2023 arising out of Borio P.S. Case No.03 of 2023 registered for the offence under Section 370 of the Indian Penal Code has been rejected. 2. The learned counsel appearing for the State by referring to the status of the present case has submitted that out of 09 charge-sheeted witnesses 08 witnesses have already been examined as per the report dated 28.01.2025. She has further submitted that all sincere endeavour will be taken to conclude the prosecution evidence without any further delay if the prosecution evidence, as of now, has not been concluded. 3. Upon this, Mr. Parambir Singh Bajaj, the learned counsel appearing for the appellant, on instructions, seeks leave of this Court not to press the present criminal appeal. 2 4. Accordingly, the instant criminal appeal is dismissed as not pressed and disposed of, as such. 5. Since the learned State counsel has submitted that all sincere endeavour will be taken to conclude the prosecution evidence if already not concluded as of now, as such, let the prosecution evidence be concluded without any unnecessary delay so that the trial be concluded expeditiously. (Sujit Narayan Prasad, J.) (Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, J.) Sudhir