PATNA, India, March 6 -- Patna High Court issued the following order on Feb. 6:

The applicant has preferred the present Interlocutory Application with a prayer that the order of conviction passed against him by learned 2nd Additional District & Sessions Judge, Saran, Chapra in Sessions Trial No.917 of 1994/31 of 1994 be stayed till final disposal of the appeal.

2. Heard Mr. Kamal Nayan Chaube and Mr. Shivendra Kishore, learned Senior Advocates assisted by Mr. Saroj Kumar for the applicant as well as Mr. Abhimanyu Sharma, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

3. Learned Senior Advocates for the applicant, at the outset, submitted that the present appeal is pending since 1996 and though the applicant is released on bail and s...