CRM No.M-14318 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM No.M-14318 of 2009 Date of Decision: 08.06.2009 Taranjit Singh Rimpi ....petitioner Versus State of Punjab .....respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH Present: Mr.S.S.Swaich, Advocate for the petitioner Ms.Monika Chibbar Sharma, DAG Punjab for the respondent **** AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J.(ORAL) The present petition has been moved by the petitioner praying for release of passport of the petitioner for which permission has been denied to him by the trial Court vide its order dated 28.11.2008. Counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner has been regularly appearing before the trial Court since July 2007. He further submits that even during the pendency of this very trial, petitioner had earlier gone abroad to meet his relative and has come back within the time stipulated by the Court. He contends that now again he wants to go to United State of America to meet his close relatives and to attend the wedding of the daughter of his close family friend. Upon notice having been issued, reply to the petition has been filed in the Court today by the respondent-State, wherein it has not been denied that earlier also during the pendency of the trial, the petitioner had gone abroad and has come back within the time stipulated. What has CRM No.M-14318 of 2009 2 been asserted by the State is that the petitioner has been unnecessarily seeking adjournments and delaying the trial before the Court. I have heard the counsel for the petitioner and gone through the record of the case. Keeping in view the conduct of the petitioner that he had earlier also gone abroad and has come back within the time stipulated by the trial Court, a direction is issued to the trial Court to release the passport of the petitioner. The petitioner shall furnish an undertaking and abide by the conditions to be imposed by the trial Court. The petition stands disposed of in above terms. (AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH) JUDGE 08.06.2009 neenu