IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-6710 of 2010(O&M) Date of decision:March 08, 2010 Jagdish Singh Petitioner Versus State of Haryana Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE DAYA CHAUDHARY Present: Mr. Jangjit Singh Dahiya, Advocate for the petitioner DAYA CHAUDHARY, J. (ORAL) The present petition has been filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for directing the Ist Appellate Court, Panipat to decide the Appeal Nos. 8 and 9 of 17.2.2004 pending for a sufficient long time. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that vide letter No. 4706 Crl.CC 7 dated 16.10.2008 of this Court, the record of the appeals was summoned in Criminal Appeal No. 1015 DBA of 2004 by the High Court and in the absence of records, the above mentioned appeals are not being taken up for hearing by the Ist Appellate Court and a request was also made to the Ist Appellate Court to decide the appeals but that Court showed helplessness because of non-availability of the records. It appears that vide letter (Annexure P-1) all the relevant record was summoned in Criminal Appeal No. 1015 DBA of 2004 titled as State of Haryana vs. Vipan Chanda which is pending after admission but the records of the same have not been returned back. Crl. Misc. No. M-6710 of 2010(O&M) 2 Since the record was summoned vide letter dated 16.10.2008 by the High Court, the petitioner may make a request to the concerned Court for requisition of the record from the High Court on the grounds mentioned in the present petition and the High Court may return the same, if not required here. The Ist Appellate Court is directed to decide the appeals preferably within a period of 4 months from the date of receipt of record from the High Court The petition stands disposed of accordingly. (DAYA CHAUDHARY) 08.03.2010 JUDGE reena