CRM No. M 10915 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH -- CRM No. M 10915 of 2011 Date of decision: 19.04.2011 Jaswant Singh ........ Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another .......Respondent(s) Coram: Hon'ble Ms Justice Nirmaljit Kaur -.- Present: Mr. K S Dhanora, Advocate for the petitioner -.- 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporter or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Nirmaljit Kaur, J. (Oral) This is a petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C for directing the learned trial Court, Phillaur, to decide and finalize the criminal case titled as State v. Jaswant Singh at the earliest, preferably within a period of three months pending in the Court of Judicial Magistrate First Class, Phillaur in case FIR No. 184 dated 09.10.2001 under Sections 420, 465, 467, 468, 471 IPC registered at Police Station Nurmahal, District Jalandhar. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that supplementary challan was filed on 03.02.2007. However, on 25.07.2009, three witnesses were summoned but nobody was present. Thereafter, the matter is being adjourned from one date to the other but no prosecution witness has been produced till date. The case is now fixed for 25.04.2011. CRM No. M 10915 of 2011 2 Thus, it is evident that the challan was filed way back in the year 2007. The matter is still pending. In view of the above, the present petition is disposed of with direction to the trial Court to expedite the trial and complete the same at the earliest preferably within a period of six months from the receipt of a certified copy of this order. (Nirmaljit Kaur) Judge 19.04.2011 mohan