Crl.M.No. M-21660/2010(O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.M.No. M-21660/2010(O&M) Date of decision: 3.8.2010. Jujhar Singh ....................Petitioner v. State of Punjab and another .....................Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr.Justice Jaswant Singh Present: Mr.RS Ghuman,Advocate for the petitioner. Jaswant Singh.J.(Oral) Prayer in the present petition under Section 482 Cr.PC is for quashing the impugned FIR No.154 dated 7.8.2005 under Sections 452,294,506, 427,148,149 IPC registered at PS Balachaur, District Nawanshahar alongwith all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom. Petitioner-Jujhar Singh alongwith 9 other co-accused was charge sheeted and put to trial before the learned trial Court. It is submitted that during the trial the petitioner had gone to U.A.E. on 19.12.2006 on an employment Visa and returned on 13.7.2010. Due to his abstinence from the proceedings he was declared a P.O. on 13.3.2007. It is submitted that the genesis of the occurrence was over a trivial issue which was resolved by the parties by entering into a compromise on the basis of which seven co-accused of the petitioner Crl.M.No. M-21660/2010(O&M) 2 were acquitted by the learned trial Court vide judgment and order dated 7.12.2008 (P2). The two other co-accused namely Lakhvir Singh and Mukhtiar Singh were also declared P.Os. and subsequently they filed Crl.M.No.M-12839 of 2009, praying for quashing the proceedings on the basis of compromise and this Court was pleased to quash the FIR and all subsequent proceedings. Learned counsel at the time of arguments has not pressed the prayer for quashing of the FIR and all subsequent proceedings and states that the petitioner is ready and willing to surrender before the trial Court and join the proceedings. It is prayed that trial Court may be directed to expedite the trial. In view of the aforesaid facts, this petition is disposed of with a direction that in case the petitioner surrenders before the trial Court on or before 18.8.2010, he shall be released on regular bail on his furnishing bail bonds to the satisfaction of the trial Court. Further, learned trial Court is directed to conclude the trial expeditiously, preferably within six months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The trial Court shall also be at liberty to seek extension of time if the situation so warrants. With the aforesaid directions the present petition stands disposed of. 3.8..2010 (Jaswant Singh) joshi Judge