Criminal Misc. No. M-12953 of 2009 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-12953 of 2009 Date of decision:-17.5.2011 Aditya Kumar ...Petitioner Versus State of U.T. Chandigarh and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RITU BAHRI Present:- Mr. Kanwar Sanjiv Kumar, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Ashima Mor, Advocate for respondent No.1-U.T. Chandigarh. RITU BAHRI J.(Oral) Despite four opportunities, the office has not been able to serve respondent No.2. Counsel for the petitioner has referred to the affidavit given by complainant (Annexure P-3) dated 21.1.2006 in which he has stated that the FIR was got registered due to some misunderstanding and he was in the process of getting the FIR cancelled. In view of this affidavit, the petitioner was granted bail. The matter was sent to the permanent Lok Adalat but the offence could not be compounded as the value of the property exceeds Rs.250/- and the offence under Section 407 IPC could not be legally compounded despite the statements of both the parties. This order (Annexure P-4) was passed by the Lok Adalat. In the reply filed by U.T. Chandigarh it has been mentioned that on 3.7.2006 the challan was presented and charges were framed. The petitioner was declared proclaimed offender on 03.9.2008. Subsequently, he was arrested on 17.2.2009 and now has been released on bail at present. Criminal Misc. No. M-12953 of 2009 -2- After going through the facts of the case and in view of affidavit (Annexure P-2), Statement of complainant Noor Mohammad (Annexure P-3) and order of Lok Adalat (Annexure P-4), criminal miscellaneous petition is disposed of and a direction is being given to the trial Court to dispose of the trial within a period of three months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. May 17, 2011 ( RITU BAHRI ) Vijay Asija JUDGE