IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No. 6791 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision: November 07, 2011 Prabjot Singh .. Petitioner Vs. Charanjit Singh and others .. Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.N. Jindal Present: Mr. K.S. Hissowal, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Daljit Kaur, Advocate for the respondent No.1. Mr. Anuj Raura, Advocate for the respondents No.2 and 3. A.N. Jindal, J The petitioner has invoked the provisions of Article 227 of the Constitution of India for setting aside the order dated 25.8.2010 (Annexure P1) passed by the trial court closing the evidence of the plaintiff/ petitioner by order. On perusal of the impugned order, it transpires that on the date when the evidence was closed the witnesses who were bound down did not appear. In case the witnesses are bound down, it is the duty of the court to procure their presence by issuing coercive methods and the petitioner could not be penalized for that. The evidence could not be closed merely for delaying the adjudication of the trial, however, such delay could be compensated with costs. It has been further submitted that now the next date of hearing before the trial court is 3.12.2011. Under the circumstances, the instant petition is allowed, the impugned order dated 25.8.2010 (Annexure P1) is set aside and the plaintiff Civil Revision No. 6791 of 2010 -2- *** is directed to produce the witnesses on the date fixed i.e. 3.12.2011 and he would take summons of the witnesses so cited by him and the court may also issue the required process on filing of necessary process fee. The plaintiff is directed to conclude his entire evidence within two months positively from today subject to payment of `20,000/- as costs. November 07, 2011 (A.N. Jindal) deepak Judge