Cr.MP(M) No.214 of 2010 5.4.2010. Present: Mr.Ajay Kochhar, counsel for the petitioner. Mr.J.S. Guleria, Assistant Advocate General, for the respondent. Mr.Avtar Singh, ASI, Police Station, Kangra, H.P., present with records. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that 16 prosecution witnesses have already been examined and 8 witnesses have been summoned for May 11, 12 and 13, 2010. It is further submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the case has not been fixed for the remaining complete evidence since the total number of the witnesses, as per him, is 72. Once the case has been taken up for evidence and the accused are in custody since long, for about 13 months, the learned trial Court should have fixed the case for the complete evidence on day to day basis till the evidence is complete. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he may be permitted to apply for bail before the learned trial Court keeping in view the fact that the principal witnesses, per him, have already been examined. Therefore, the petitioner is at liberty to apply before the learned trial court for bail and it is for the learned trial court to consider the same in accordance with the facts of the case and the law. However, it is desirable that the remaining witnesses should also be summoned for evidence in the second week of May, 2010 onwards itself and the case shall be taken up by the learned trial Court earlier on day to day basis and the remaining witnesses shall be summoned from 14th May, 2010 onwards. The learned trial Court shall take steps to dispose of the case at an early date keeping in view the fact that the petitioner and the other co-accused are in custody since long. The petition is accordingly not pressed and the same stands disposed of. The Registry is directed to send a copy of this order to the learned trial Court forthwith for compliance through special messenger or by registered post. Copy of the order be also given dasti to the counsel for the petitioner to inform the learned trial Court accordingly. April 5, 2010. (V.K. Ahuja), (trs) Judge.