Crl. Misc. No. M-238 of 2011 [ 1 ] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-238 of 2011 Date of Decision: January 5, 2011 Teja Singh.................................................................. Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ................................................... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Ms. Justice Ritu Bahri 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present: Mr. N.S.Malmajra, Advocate for the petitioner. ... RITU BAHRI, J. This petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure has been filed for extension of time of trial by two months in FIR No. 118 dated 28.11.2006 under Sections 302, 307, 498-A/34 IPC, Police Station Dehlon, District Ludhiana. A FIR has been registered against the petitioner on a complaint of Amarjit, daughter-in-law of petitioner, resident of village Seelon Khurd, Dehlon. As per the statement of Amarjit, she was married to Devinder Singh in the year 1995. She has one daughter and a son from this marriage. After the year 1999, her relationship with the family deteriorated. Her mother-in- law Surjit Kaur and father-in-law Teja Singh started asking her to bring Crl. Misc. No. M-238 of 2011 [ 2 ] `2 lacs from her family to purchase a tractor. Her husband Devinder Singh along with his family members gave beatings to her. On 28.11.2006 at about 4:30 P.M., her husband in connivance with her father-in-law and mother- in-law sprinkled kerosene oil on her with an intention to kill her. She was admitted in hospital from 31.10.2004 to 3.11.2004. A FIR was registered against her husband and family members. The petitioner Teja Singh's son Devinder Singh approached the Hon'ble Court for grant of regular bail in Criminal Misc. No. 27388-M of 2010. This Court vide order dated 2.11.2010 gave a direction to the trial Court to conclude the trial by relying on the evidence of the prosecution witness by 4.11.2010 or within a period not beyond 15 days after the said date. In case the trial is not concluded by the said date, the petitioner will be released on bail on his furnishing bail bonds/surety bonds to the satisfaction of the trial Court. Mr. N.S.Malmajra, counsel for the petitioner, has sought extension of time to conclude the trial. Prosecution evidence has been closed and it has taken almost 3 years for doing so. As far as the petitioner is concerned, he gave a list of 7 witnesses in a defence evidence. The details of the same are as follows:- 1. Dr. A.K.Dhanuka, Incharge of Neurology, Deep Hospital, Ludhiana. 2. Concerned clerk of Deep Hospital 3. Concerned clerk of State Bank of Patiala 4. SP(D) Sushil Kumar, who conducted the enquiry in this case and found the petitioner's wife and daughter innocent. 5. Harmanjot Kaur daughter of deceased Amarjit Kaur 6. Balkaran Bir Singh son of deceased Amarjit Kaur Crl. Misc. No. M-238 of 2011 [ 3 ] 7. Dr. S.K.Sharma, Civil Hospital, Ludhiana. Out of the 7 witnesses, so far only 3 witnesses have been examined. Four witnesses are yet to be examined. As per the Court order, the trial Court will close the defence evidence by 7.1.2011 as there are specific directions of this Hon'ble Court. Petitioner seeks one opportunity to produce the remaining witnesses and conclude the trial. In view of the fact that the prosecution was given 8 opportunities for leading the defence evidence, this Court is of the view that one more opportunity can be given to the petitioner to lead his remaining evidence. The criminal miscellaneous is disposed of with a direction to the trial Court to give one opportunity on 24.1.2011 to the petitioner to lead his evidence. If the petitioner does not lead evidence on 24.1.2011 the trial Court will close the evidence of the petitioner. After 24.1.2011 the trial Court will proceed to finish the trial within one month. Since the time for concluding the trial has been extended, the petitioner will not be released on bail till the trial is completed. 5.1.2011 ( RITU BAHRI ) Rupi JUDGE