Crl.M. No. M-23737 of 2010 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.M. No. M-23737 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision : 8.11.2010 ... M/s Hoshiarpur Feed Traders and another ................Petitioners vs. Madan Lal .................Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.C. Puri Present: Sh. G.S. Jagpal, Advocate for Sh. R.S. Bajaj, Advocate for the petitioners None for the respondent. ... K.C. Puri, J. The petitioner is aggrieved against the order dated 9.7.2010 (Annexure P-5), vide which the evidence of the petitioners was closed by order. On 17.8.2010, this Court passed the following order :- “Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that complaint filed by the petitioners under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act was pending in the Court. Mr. Surinder Kumar Bajaj, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners while suffering from Type- II DM, Stroke-Left hemiplegia could not put in Crl.M. No. M-23737 of 2010 -2- appearance on 9.7.2010. Earlier also, the counsel failed to put in appearance on two occasions suffering from the same disease and the proxy counsel put in appearance. The evidence of the petitioners has been closed by the impugned order Annexure P-5. Learned counsel has placed on record the Medical Certificate having been issued by the Tagore Hospital and Heart Care Centre, Jalandhar vide which he was hospitalized and was still under treatment of the said hospital. Notice to the respondent be issued for 14.9.2010. Till then, further proceedings in this case shall remain stayed.” Notice was given to the opposite party. But none has appeared on behalf of the respondent. Valid reason has been given by the petitioners for not producing the evidence, as discussed by this Court in order dated 17.8.2010. So, in these circumstances, the impugned order stands set aside and the petitioners are directed to produce the entire remaining evidence and for that purpose, one opportunity shall be granted to them. The petition stands disposed of. ( K.C. Puri ) 8.11.2010 Judge chugh