CRM No.M-5532 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM No.M-5532 of 2009 (O & M) Date of decision:26.09.2011 Mukesh Mehta & ors. ......Petitioners Versus State of U.T. & another ......Respondents CORAM:HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH Present: Mr.R.S.Madan, Advocate, for the petitioner, Mr.Sukant Gupta, Addl.P.P. for U.T., Chandigarh, Mr.S.S.Narula, Advocate, for applicant/respondents. ****** Augustine George Masih J. (Oral) Counsel for the petitioner, after arguing for sometime, prays for withdrawal of the present petition with liberty to raise all grounds and pleas which have been taken in the present petition before the trial Court at appropriate stage. Dismissed as withdrawn with the liberty aforesaid. Counsel for the petitioner, at this stage, prays for exemption of personal presence of petitioner Nos. 2, 5 & 6 on the ground that they are ladies and petitioner No. 4 on the ground that he is an old and infirm man aged about 80 years. The Court is of the view that the prayer made by the counsel for the petitioner is reasonable and just, and accordingly, CRM No.M-5532 of 2009 2 grant the request made provided they file a specific affidavit within four weeks from today to the effect that any evidence recorded in the presence of their counsel shall be acceptable to them and that they would appear before the trial Court as and when directed. Counsel for the petitioner prays for liberty to file application before the trial Court for exemption of personal presence of petitioner Nos. 1 and 3. If such an application is moved, the Court shall consider the same and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law. With these observations, the present petition stands dismissed. 26.09.2011 (AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH) Sailesh JUDGE