IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CR. WJC No.1082 of 2008 GOPAL SAH son of Late Kailash Sah resident of village Karhansi, P.S. Buxar (Mufassil) Distt. Buxar Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Director Prosecution, Buxar. 2. Gajadhar Singh son of Paras Singh 3. Barmeshwar Singh son of Ishwar Dayal Singh 4. Virendra Singh son of Late Indradeo Singh 5. Mukesh Singh son of Bramha Singh 6. Vinod Singh son of Rangnath Singh 7. Harfan Mallah son of Rakhi Mallah 8. Radha Ram son of Kishore Harizan 9. Sukhari Ram son of Radha Ram ----------- 2 18/3/2009 The prayer of the petitioner in this writ application is for speedy trial of Sessions Trial No. 135 of 2002 pending in the court of the 1st Additional Sessions Judge, Buxar in which respondent nos. 2 to 9 are facing trial for the offence under section 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code and section 27 of the Arms Act. It is stated by the petitioner that even though all the prosecution witnesses were examined and the accused persons were directed to appear in person for their statement under section 313 Cr.P.C. on 28.5.2007 but uptill now the trial of the case has not concluded. It is stated that a petition under section 311 Cr.P.C. was filed on behalf of the accused persons on 17.1.2008 for further cross examination of the prosecution witnesses but the same has not been disposed of as yet although more than one year has passed after filing of the above petition. In the circumstances, the trial court i.e. 1st Additional Sessions Judge, Buxar is directed to dispose of the matter as early as possible and in any event within five months from the date of - 2 - receipt/production of a copy of this order. Office is directed to communicate this order to the concerned Additional Sessions judge without delay and the said Additional Sessions Judge shall also send a report to this Court about the progress of the case. With the above direction, this writ application is disposed of. (J. B. Koshy, CJ.) AMIN