Criminal Misc. No. M-12382 of 2011 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Criminal Misc. No. M-12382 of 2011 Date of Decision: 26.4.2011 Arun Khosla …Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Mr. Munish Behl, Advocate for the petitioner. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) Issue notice of motion. On asking of the Court, Mr. Mehardeep Singh, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the respondent. A copy of the petition has been furnished to him. The only grievance made by the petitioner is that case FIR No. 66 was registered at Police Station Sadar, Amritsar, against the petitioner on 9.2.2009 for the offence under Section 420 IPC and Sections 66 & 68 of the Punjab Police Act, 2007. He further submits that since the year 2009, the petitioner is facing the prosecution and the trial has not concluded as the prosecution witnesses are not appearing in the Court. He further submits that the next date fixed before the trial Court is 26.5.2011. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that the petitioner has appeared in the examination of Civil Services and has Criminal Misc. No. M-12382 of 2011 2 passed the preliminary examination and due to pendency of the trial he is unable to pursue his career. Learned counsel for the respondent, after going through the contents of the petition, submits that the State shall make every endeavour to produce the prosecution witnesses in the Court on the next date fixed by the trial Judge. He further submits that necessary instructions shall be issued to the Investigating Officer and the Public Prosecutor to ensure that the prosecution witnesses are examined and no unnecessary adjournments are taken. In view of the statement made by learned counsel for the respondent, the present petition is disposed of directing the trial Court to conclude the trial arising out of the above said FIR within a period of six months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge April 26, 2011 “DK”