IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.M. No. M-11598 of 2009 Date of decision : 29.4.2009. ... Harpreet Singh ................ Petitioner vs. State of Punjab and another .................Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.C. Puri Present: Sh. Hemant Saini, Advocate for the petitioner. ... K.C. Puri, J. (Oral) This is a petition for quashing FIR No. 156 dated 16.8.2001 under Sections 324, 327, 34 IPC registered at Police Station Mehna, Moga. Notice of motion to Advocate General, Punjab. On the asking of the Court, Sh.A.P.S. Mann, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, who is present in Court, accepts notice. Counsel for the petitioner has confined his prayer to the effect that the trial Court may be directed to expedite the trial as the case is pending for the last about 8 years. After hearing counsel for the petitioner, directions are issued to the trial Court to decide the case expeditiously, preferably within six months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The petition stands disposed of. ( K.C. Puri ) 29.4.2009. Judge chugh