IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No. 556 of 1996 Date of Decision : September 30, 2010 M.B.Rana ....Petitioner Versus Kamlesh and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.P.S. MANN Present : Petitioner in person. None for the respondents. T.P.S. MANN, J.(Oral) This revision has been filed by the petitioner for challenging the order dated 24.5.1996 passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Ludhiana whereby the revision filed by the petitioner against the order dated 31.3.1995 passed by Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Ludhiana, was dismissed in default. While disposing of identical revision filed by the petitioner, i.e. Criminal Revision No. 632 of 1988, this Court had passed the following order:- “Vide impugned order criminal revision filed by the petitioner was dismissed in default by the lower revisional Court. There is no provision in the Code of Criminal Procedure to dismiss a criminal revision in default. The impugned order is set aside and the Crl. Revision No. 556 of 1996 -2- revision is directed to be heard on merits......” In view of the above said order passed by this Court, the present revision is also accepted, impugned order is set-aside and the revision filed by the petitioner in the court of Additional Sessions Judge, Ludhiana against the order dated 31.3.1995 passed by Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Ludhiana is directed to be heard on merits. ( T.P.S. MANN ) September 30, 2010 JUDGE ajay-1