IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc No. M-23806 of 2008 Date of decision : 15.01.2009 Nirmala Sharma and Others ....Petitioners V/s State of Union Territory, Chandigarh and another ....Respondents. BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. S.S. Goraya, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Rampal Verma, Advocate for Mr. Rajiv Sharma, Advocate for U.T. Chandigarh for respondent No. 1. None for respondent No. 2. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) Learned counsel for U.T. Chandigarh, has informed this Court that the case is at the stage of recording evidence and one prosecution witness i.e. complainant namely Monika has already been examined. Learned counsel for the petitioner confines his prayer for granting exemption from personal appearance to the petitioners in the Court on the grounds that petitioners No. 1 to 3 are ladies and petitioner No. 4 is a handicapped. The petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioners to move an application to trial Court for exemption from personal appearance. The said court will consider the application, if any, moved by the petitioners and passed an appropriate orders keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case. 15.01.2009 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE