IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.43736 of 2009 RANJAN CHAWHAN Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2. 11/12/2009 Heard. The case is under Sections 302 and 394 of the Penal Code. The allegation against the petitioner is that he fired a shot so as to killing the deceased. However, the record of the lower court indicates that all witnesses examined during the course of trial turned hostile and that the I.O. and doctor are only to be examined and for that this case is pending before the Additional Sessions Judge-XIIIth, Patna. It was contended that the last witness was examined on 9.12.2008, i.e., more than a year ago and the court below is till continuing with the trial. I want to point out to the court that there is a standing instruction of this court that as and when witnesses go hostile and there is no support to the charges then the court has never to wait for the examination of the Investigating Officer or the doctor and has to proceed further in the case to dispose of it. I direct the court below to dispose of the case in a period of one month from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. This petition is dismissed in expectation that the case is disposed of in one month’s time. B.Kr. ( Dharnidhar Jha, J. )