CR No. 1039 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH CR No. 1039 of 2009 Date of decision September 30, 2011 State of Haryana and another ....... Petitioners Versus Hemant Singh and others ........Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present:- Ms. Kirti Singh, DAG., Haryana for the petitioners. None for the respondents. **** 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? No 2. To be referred to the reporters or not? No 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest?No K. Kannan, J (oral). 1. The Civil Revision is against an order striking off the defence of the State on the ground that statement had not been filed within the prescribed period. Counsel for the State says that the case is still pending and it has not been disposed of. She says that there is also copy of the statement in file but she has no instructions whether the statement had been filed later and received by the Court. 2. If the case is still pending and the statement has been filed by the State before the trial Court, the order striking off the defence shall remain quashed. The trial Court will proceed to dispose of the case after setting the issues. If, on the other hand, the statement has CR No. 1039 of 2009 2 not been filed the same is directed to be filed within one week from the date of receipt of copy of the order and the trial Court is directed to receive the same. If the statement is not, however, filed within time granted now, the order passed already striking off the defence shall stand confirmed and the case will be decided and disposed of by the trial Court without any statement from the State. 3. The Civil Revision is disposed of as above. 4. Copy of the order be given dasti to the State counsel under the signature of the Reader attached to the Bench. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE September 30, 2011 archana