Crl. Misc. No.M-13762 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No.M-13762 of 2011 Date of Decision: 05.05.2011 Manjit Kaur and others ....Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM : Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present:- Mr. H.S. Dhindsa, Advocate for the petitioners. ***** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest ? ** NIRMALJIT KAUR, J. (ORAL) This is a petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C for issuance of directions to the Courtof Sh. Ashish Saldi, Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Ludhiana for expediting the proceedings/trial. Learned counsel for the petitioners contends that the Additional Sessions Judge, Ludhiana vide his order dated 24.10.2006 had set aside the order dated 22.12.2005 passed by the trial Court with a direction to consider the question of charge afresh after hearing the Additional P.P. and accused/counsel for the accused and to proceed further in accordance with law. However, the matter is still pending before the trial Court and the charges have not been framed till date. The prayer is justified. Surprisingly, no order with respect to framing of charges or otherwise has been passed since the year 2006. Crl. Misc. No.M-13762 of 2011 2 Accordingly, the matter is disposed of with a direction to the trial Court, where the matter is pending, to decide the question of framing of charge as expeditiously as possible preferably within one month from the date already fixed before the said Court. It is further directed that the matter being old, the same be decided as expeditiosly as possible. (NIRMALJIT KAUR) 05.05.2011 JUDGE gurpreet