Criminal Misc. No. M-14497 of 2009 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Criminal Misc. No. M-14497 of 2009 Date of Decision: 30.9.2010 Smt. Suman Chaudhary …Petitioner Versus Amir Singh …Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: None for the petitioner. Mr. S.N. Pillania, Advocate for the respondent. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) Nobody was present on behalf of the petitioner on 21.9.2010. Today also, nobody is present on behalf of the petitioner. On 17.8.2010, the present petition was admitted, however, it was ordered that the proceedings, before the trial Court, would continue and vide order dated 25.5.2009, personal appearance of the petitioner was exempted. In the present petition, a prayer has been made that Criminal Complaint No. 82-2 of 2008 instituted on 11.10.2008 by the respondent under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, pending in the Court of Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Charkhi Dadri, be quashed. Learned counsel for the respondent has submitted that in the above said complaint, evidence of the respondent/complainant is being Criminal Misc. No. M-14497 of 2009 2 recorded. That being so, this Court is of the view that once the trial Court has proceeded in recording of the evidence, then the result of complaint has to end in acquittal or conviction of the accused. Therefore, this Court will be hesitant to quash the complaint, instituted by the respondent. However, exemption from personal appearance of the petitioner, granted by this Court on 25.5.2009, shall continue till the conclusion of the trial. With the observations made above, the present petition is disposed of. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge September 30, 2010 “DK”