IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. 73744-M of 2006 DATE OF DECISION : 23.11.2006 Harcharan Kaur .... PETITIONER Versus State of Punjab and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL Present: Mr. L.M. Gulati, Advocate, for the petitioner. * * * Petitioner Harcharan Kaur has filed this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for issuing direction to the trial court to expedite the trial in case FIR No. 15 dated 23.2.2001 under Sections 420/ 465/467/468/471/120-B IPC, registered at Police Station Kotwali Amritsar. I have heard counsel for the petitioner. It has been stated in the petition that since the year 2001, trial in the aforesaid case is pending and only one prosecution witness has been examined so far. Keeping in view the right of the petitioner for speedy trial, this petition is disposed of with a direction to the trial court to expedite the trial in the aforesaid FIR and to preferably complete the same within a period of six months. November 23, 2006 ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) ndj JUDGE