IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.Rev.No.1101 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision : 18.7.2011 Tarsem Singh ....Petitioner Versus Dalbir Singh and others ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MAHESH GROVER .... Present: Mr.Jaspal Singh Baasi, Advocate for the petitioner. ..... MAHESH GROVER, J. In this petition the petitioner impugns the order dated 18.3.2011 vide which the trial court declined his prayer for adjourning the case for recording his evidence and closed the same by virtue of the said order. Learned counsel for the petitioner while making a grievance of the said order contends that one opportunity was required to be given to him in the given set of circumstances, and closing his evidence at the pre-charge stage has caused immense prejudice to his case. On due consideration of the matter, I am of the opinion that the impugned order does not warrant any interference. The complaint was preferred by the petitioner in 2005 and the respondents were summoned in 2007 and thereafter the matter had been adjourned Crl.Rev.No.1101 of 2011 (O&M) -2- repeatedly. The zimni orders which have been placed on record reveal that on most of the occasions on which the matter was fixed the evidence of the petitioner was not present, so much so on 22.7.2009, 7.6.2010 and 27.9.2010 petitioner himself was not present. In such eventuality, the learned trial court ought to have dismissed his complaint noticing the absence of the petitioner, but despite indulgence shown by the Court the petitioner has not concluded his evidence. A person who is subjected to face criminal process at the behest of the complainant cannot be made to undergo rigors of such a process indefinitely. The respondents were summoned in 2007 and for a period of four years the petitioner did not take care to adduce any such evidence on the basis of which the court could have considered as to whether they were liable to be charged or not. Noticing the aforesaid facts, I do not find any infirmity in the impugned order. Consequently, the revision petition is held to be without any merit and is dismissed. 18.7.2011 (MAHESH GROVER) JUDGE dss