Criminal Misc. No. M-18593 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-18593 of 2009 Date of decision: October 20, 2009 Gurcharan Singh -Petitioner Versus State of Punjab -Respondent Coram Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajan Gupta Present: Mr. GL Bajaj, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Shilesh Gupta, DAG, Punjab. Rajan Gupta, J.(Oral) This is a petition for quashing of FIR No. 12 dated 6-3-1998 under Sections 406/468-A/323 IPC registered against the petitioner at police station Lohian, District Jalandhar. Mr. Bajaj submits that co-accused of the petitioner were acquitted by the trial court in the year 2001. According to him, FIR against the present petitioner deserves to be quashed in view of acquittal of the co- accused. Learned State counsel opposes the prayer made in the petition on the ground that the petitioner is a proclaimed offender and has never submitted to the process of law. According to him, the present petition is misconceived. Faced with this situation, Mr. Bajaj prays that he may be permitted to withdraw this petition with liberty to the petitioner to surrender before the trial court and face trial. He, however, prays that the petitioner be granted some protection as his absence from the court was totally Criminal Misc. No. M-18593 of 2009 2 unintentional. Dismissed as withdrawn. However, in case the petitioner surrenders before the court below within six weeks of receipt of a certified copy of this order, the trial court shall make an endeavour to expedite the trial and conclude the same preferably within four months thereafter. On his surrender in case the petitioner applies for bail, the same shall also be decided expeditiously. Arrest of the petitioner shall, however, remain stayed till decision of his bail application. [Rajan Gupta] Judge October 20, 2009. 'ask'