Criminal Misc. No. M-13756 of 2009 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Criminal Misc. No. M-13756 of 2009 Date of Decision: 19.5.2009 Paramjit Singh …Petitioner Versus Surinder Singh …Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Mr. Sandeep Arora, Advocate for the petitioner. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) In para 11 of the petition, it has been averred as under:- “11. That without prejudice to the rights of the petitioner, the petitioner is ready to deposit the sum of Rs.30,000/- for which the present complaint has been filed against him. The petitioner has got prepared a bank demand draft of Rs.30,000/- and is ready to pay/deposit the said draft amount before this Hon'ble Court or as directed by this Hon'ble Court”. Counsel has placed on record original draft (Annexure P2) to show his bonafide that he is ready to deposit the amount. Instead of draft, petitioner may deposit the amount of cheque Criminal Misc. No. M-13756 of 2009 2 in the trial Court within two weeks. On deposit of the amount, trial Court may refer the dispute to Mediation & Conciliation Center or Permanent Lok Adalat, for resolution of dispute through alternative dispute resolution mechanism. Trial Court, if deem fit, may also make its own endeavour to this effect. In case, amount is deposited, personal appearance of the petitioner shall remain exempted before the trial Court subject to filing an undertaking that he shall cause appearance as and when required and the evidence recorded in his absence but in the presence of his counsel shall be binding upon him. Trial Court may also specify any other condition in the undertaking to be furnished by the petitioner. On the furnishing of undertaking, the personal appearance of petitioner shall stand exempted. With the observations made above, the present petition is disposed off. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge May 19, 2009 “DK”