IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-16208 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision : 26.09.2011 Makhan Goyal ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MAHESH GROVER .... Present: None for the petitioner Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, DAG Punjab MAHESH GROVER, J. No one is present on behalf of the petitioner despite the fact that the case has been called out twice. The prayer in the instant petition is that the petitioner's life and liberty be protected as the respondents are bent upon humiliating and harassing him on account of having made reports in the Press regarding the illegal activities being carried out by certain Government officials. On due consideration of the matter and on appraisal of the petition which has been filed it transpires that certain cases have been registered against the petitioner where the charges have since been framed and the trial is in progress. In this view of the matter, there is no occasion to grant the prayer of the petitioner. The Court can not go into the veracities of the allegations having been made against the petitioner and since Crl. Misc. No. M-16208 of 2010 (O&M) 2 the trial is in progress it will be just and appropriate for him to prove his innocence before learned trial Court. In so far as the threat perception is concerned it is the official respondents who have to look into any such threat perception and take appropriate action in this regard if the situation so warrants. Dismissed. (MAHESH GROVER) 26.09.2011 JUDGE reena