IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Criminal Misc. No. M-4178 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision: 28.07.2011 Manjit Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. Sandeep Arora, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. J.S.Bhullar, AAG, Punjab, for the respondent-State NAWAB SINGH J.(ORAL) Petitioner along with six others is facing trial in case bearing First Information Report No. 50 dated September 17th, 2009 under Sections 323, 324 etc. of Indian Penal Code, Police Station Narot Jaimal Singh, District Gurdaspur, pending in the court of Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Pathankot. He filed an application seeking exemption from his personal appearance before the trial Court, but the same was dismissed by impugned order dated January 12th, 2011 (Annexure P/1). Contention is that petitioner is serving in Indian Army and at present is posted in Jammu and Kashmir and it shall not be possible for him to attend each date of hearing. Above being the position, present petition is accepted, order dated January 12th, 2011 (Annexure P/1) is set-aside and the personal appearance of the petitioner before the trial Court is exempted subject to the condition that he would give in writing before the trial Court that (i). he would have no objection if the evidence is recorded in the presence of his counsel and (ii). he would appear before the Court as and when required. (NAWAB SINGH) JUDGE 28.07.2011 som