IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-12187 of 2008 Date of decision: 19th February, 2009 Harshnidhi Sharma and others … Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another … Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Mr. K.S. Dhaliwal, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Anter Singh Brar, Deputy Advocate General Punjab for the State. Mr. Perminder Singh, Advocate for respondent No.2. KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J. (ORAL) During the pendency of petition, charge has been framed against the petitioners on 24th December, 2007. Petitioners are stated to be relations of the husband of Nilakshi, respondent No.2. Petitioner No.2 Kavita Sharma is sister of Saurabh Kumar, husband of Nilakshi. Petitioner No.1, Harshnidhi Sharma is husband of Kavita Sharma, petitioner No.2. Gaurav Kumar, petitioner No.3 is brother of Saurabh Kumar, husband of Nilakshi, complainant. Petitioner No.4, Malini Shukla is wife of Gaurav Kumar, petitioner No.3. Counsel for the petitioners has submitted that during the pendency of the petition, charges have been framed against the petitioners. Counsel has further stated that he be permitted to withdraw the present petition, with liberty to file a revision against the order framing charges. Criminal Misc. No. M-12187 of 2008 As prayed, present petition is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty aforesaid. Counsel for the petitioner, in alternative, has submitted that the petitioners being relations are living separately, therefore their personal appearance before the trial Court, may be exempted. Taking into consideration the relationship of the parties, personal appearance of the petitioners, before the trial Court, is exempted, subject to their filing an undertaking that they shall cause their appearance as and when required by the trial Court. They shall also file an undertaking that the evidence, if any, recorded in their absence but in the presence of their counsel, shall be binding upon them. The trial Court may incorporate any other conditions in the undertaking to be submitted by the accused. With these observations, present petition is disposed off. [KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA] JUDGE February 19, 2009 rps 2