IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH -.- Crl. Misc. No. M-29011 of 2008 Date of Decision:- 28.1.2009 Naresh Chander Bains Versus State of Punjab & Anr. Present:- Mr.P.S.Ahluwalia, Advocate, for the petitioner. M.M.S.BEDI. (J) (Oral) Pursuant to the interim orders passed by this Court, the petitioner has already put in appearance before the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate. He has already been released on interim bail after returning from U.K. Quashing of criminal complaint of year 2000 and summoning order dated 27.2.2000 has been prayed for on the ground that co-accused of the petitioner i.e his parents stand already acquitted in the complaint filed by Madhu Bala, under Sections 406, 498-A, 420 and 120-B IPC, by Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Hoshiarpur on 26.8.2008. A copy of the judgment has been placed on record as Annexure P-4. The petitioner was declared Proclaimed Officer before the said decision. Now the petitioner has returned back and is ready to face proceedings in the private complaint filed by Madhu Bala. Learned counsel for the petitioner has contended that Madhu Bala has already re-married and that there are fair chances of his acquittal on the basis of acquittal of his co-accused. Without expression of any opinion on the merits of the complaint, this petition is disposed of with a direction to the trial Court to fix a specific date of hearing requiring the complainant and the petitioner to appear in the Court for further proceedings and complete the entire proceedings within a period of three months, thereafter. In case, the complainant does not Crl. Misc. No. M-29011 of 2008 -2- appear pursuant to the orders of the Court, it will be open to the trial Court to dismiss the complaint. In case the complainant opts to proceed with her complaint, the trial Court will give short dates of hearing and complete the trial within a period of three months, thereafter. Orders declaring the petitioner proclaimed offender becomes infructuous. Petitioner having already put in appearance before the said Court and having expressed his desire to face the trial, will remain on bail during the entire period of trial, pursuant to the orders already passed by Chief Judicial Magistrate, on 17.1.2009. Disposed of. January 28, 2009 (M.M.S.Bedi) tripti Judge