IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. 51029-M of 2007 Dated of decision January 22, 2008 Pritam Singh Sandhu .....Petitioner Versus Central Bureau of Investigation, New Delhi through its Director ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. R.S. Bains, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Karamvir Nanda, Advocate for Mr. Rajan Gupta, Advocate for C.B.I. **** RAJESH BINDAL, J. The prayer made in the present petition is for issuance of a direction to the learned Additional Sessions Judge, CBI Court, Patiala for expediting the disposal of case No. RC-13 (S)/97/CBI/SIU-XV-CHG under Sections 120-B read with Sections 364 and 343 IPC, which is pending since 1998. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that as many as 25 opportunities have already been availed of by the defence ever since their evidence started on January 21, 2006 but till date no evidence has been led and the matter is unnecessarily lingering on. The prayer made is innocuous. The trial is pending for the last more than nine years. Accordingly, it is directed that learned Additional Sessions Judge, CBI Court, Patiala shall conclude the trial within six months from the date of receipt of copy of this order. The petition is disposed of accordingly. January 22, 2008 (Rajesh Bindal) Pka Judge