IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. 10270 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision : April 17, 2009 Amarjit Singh ....Petitioner versus Baldev Kaur ....Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pritam Pal Present : Mr. GPS Bal, Advocate for the petitioner Pritam Pal,J. (Oral) Petitioner has brought this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for quashing of criminal complaint under Sections 452, 427, 148, 149, 120-B of the Indian Penal Code, titled as Baldev Kaur versus Jagdeep Singh and another, pending before Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Jalandhar and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom. During the course of arguments, learned counsel for the petitioner has restricted his prayer only to the extent of issuing directions to the trial court for disposing the case expeditiously. Admittedly, the matter before the trial court is pending since the year 2005 and the evidence in this case is yet to be completed. After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner and going through the material placed on the file, this petition is disposed of with a Criminal Misc. No. 10270 of 2009 (O&M) -2- direction that the trial court shall make every endeavor to dispose of this case expeditiously, preferably within six months from the date of copy of this order is received. ( Pritam Pal ) April 17, 2009 Judge 'dalbir'