IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision 2594 of 2006 Date of Decision : October 01, 2010 Surjit Kaur and others ....Petitioners Versus State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.P.S. MANN Present : Mr. Gurcharan Singh, Advocate Mr. P.S.Sidhu, Additional Advocate General, Punjab T.P.S. MANN, J.(Oral) Order dated 21.11.2006 passed by Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Samana while summoning Surjit Kaur, Gurmeet Kaur and Manager Singh @ Major Singh petitioners under Section 319 Cr.P.C. for facing trial alongwith other accused under Sections 148, 448 and 427 IPC, had been challenged by them by filing the present revision petition. The revision came up for hearing on 22.12.2006 when notice of motion was issued. Vide order dated 14.8.2008, the revision was admitted and the operation of the impugned order was stayed. Despite the order of stay granted by this Court, Surjit Kaur and Gurmeet Kaur petitioners appeared before the trial Court and alongwith six accused, who had already been challaned and were appearing before the Court, were charged for offences under Sections 148/448/427/149 IPC. Crl. Revision 2594 of 2006 -2- After recording the evidence of the parties and perusing the same besides hearing learned counsel for the parties, the Court below vide order dated 1.4.2010 acquitted the eight accused present before it, i.e. the six, who were challaned by the police and the two, namely, Surjit Kaur and Gurmeet Kaur, who had been summoned under Section 319 Cr.P.C. However, Manager Singh @ Major Singh petitioner did not appear before the Court. From a perusal of the order dated 1.4.2010 passed by Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Samana, certified copy of which has been placed on record by the learned State counsel, it is apparent that against Manager Singh @ Major Singh petitioner same and similar allegations were there as were against Surjit Kaur and Gurmeet Kaur accused. As Surjit Kaur and Gurmeet Kaur accused have since been acquitted by the trial Court and as per the instructions received by the learned State counsel from ASI Lakha Singh, Police Station Samana, that no appeal has been filed against the aforementioned judgment of acquittal dated 1.4.2010, I am of the view that no useful purpose would be served by the trial of Manager Singh @ Major Singh petitioner in the criminal case in which he was summoned under Section 319 Cr.P.C. It may be mentioned here that in view of the acquittal of Surjit Kaur and Gurmit Kaur petitioners vide order dated 1.4.2010 passed by the trial Court, the present revision qua them was disposed of on 6.9.2010 as having become infructuous. Crl. Revision 2594 of 2006 -3- Resultantly, the revision is accepted and the criminal proceedings against Manager Singh @ Major Singh petitioner are quashed. ( T.P.S. MANN ) October 01, 2010 JUDGE ajay-1