IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** Criminal Misc. No. M-5988 of 2008 Date of Decision:10.03.2008 Col. A.K.Pandey .....Petitioner Vs. Mehar Singh and another .....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present:- Mr. S.P.Soi, Advocate for the petitioner. **** RAJESH BINDAL J. Learned counsel for the petitioner restricts his prayer in the present petition to exempting him from personal appearance in the complaint pending against him in the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gurdaspur. It is submitted that the petitioner is a Senior Medical Officer in the Army and is presently posted at Kalkatta. Because of his job requirement, it may not be possible for him to appear in the Court on each & every date and his personal appearance may be exempted accordingly. However, no such prayer has been made by the petitioner before the Court below. Keeping in view the above facts, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he may be permitted to withdraw the present petition with liberty to move an appropriate application before the Court below seeking petitioner's exemption from personal appearance. Dismissed as withdrawn with the liberty as prayed for. In case such an application is filed, the same shall be disposed of by the learned Court below expeditiously. March 10, 2008 ( RAJESH BINDAL ) renu JUDGE