IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. 21075-M of 2004 Date of decision: May 15, 2008 Vipin Chand Jha … Petitioner Versus State of Haryana … Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Mr. S.S.Dinarpur, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Sunil Nehra, Assistant Advocate General Haryana for the State. KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J. (ORAL) Mr. Dinarpur, counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner is a very poor man and a penalty of Rs.2500/- has been imposed as the accused has not appeared on the date fixed before the trial Court. Mr. Dinarpur further states that on the date, for which show cause notice was issued, petitioner made all out efforts for the production of the accused in the court. He says that in view of the fact that due to the efforts of the petitioner, accused appeared in the court, this court should take a lenient view and the penalty should be reduced. Taking into consideration the submission made by Mr.Dinarpur, penalty of Rs.2500/- is reduced to Rs.1000/-. The present petition is disposed off. This court has also taken into consideration long pendency of the case in court. [KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA] JUDGE May 15, 2008 rps