IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. 26239 of 2007 and Crl. Misc. No. 10728-M of 2007 DATE OF DECISION : 01.05.2007 Lajwanti .... PETITIONER Versus State of Haryana and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL Present: Mr. Jayoti Parshad Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Applicant Lajwanti filed Crl. Misc. No. 10728-M of 2007 under section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for issuing direction to the investigating agency to complete investigation in case FIR no. 493 dated 22.8.2005 under Section 304-B/34 IPC, registered at Police Station City, Karnal and in the alternative to hand over investigation of the case to some independent agency. When on two consecutive dates, none appeared on behalf of the petitioner, the petition was dismissed for non-prosecution on March 12, 2007. Now, the petitioner has filed this application, which is duly supported by an affidavit of the Advocate, stating therein that the counsel missed the case, therefore, he could not appear on the day, when the petitioner was dismissed for non-prosecution. For the reasons stated in the application, which is duly supported by an affidavit of the Advocate, the order dated March 12, 2007 is hereby re-called. The main case is restored to its original number and taken up for hearing today itself. Main Case Petitioner Lajwanti has filed this petition under section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for issuing direction to the investigating agency to complete investigation in case FIR no. 493 dated 22.8.2005 under Section 304-B/34 IPC, registered at Police Station City, Karnal and in the alternative to hand over investigation of the case to some independent agency. -2- After hearing counsel for the petitioner, this petition is disposed of with a direction to the investigating agency to complete the investigation in the aforesaid case expeditiously, if the same not been completed so far, and submit the final report, preferably, within a period of four months. In case the investigation is not completed within the stipulated time, it will be open for the investigating agency to seek extension of time by giving reasons. May 01, 2007 ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) ndj JUDGE