IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. 20491-M of 2007 Date of decision: 9th January, 2009 Sonia … Petitioner Versus Bhajan Singh … Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Mr. Manish K. Singla, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. S.S. Swaich, Advocate for the respondent. KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J. (ORAL) Counsel for the petitioner has stated that in the complaint (Annexure P-1) and in the statement made by the complainant Bhajan Singh as CW-1, no role has been assigned to the petitioner. Counsel for the complainant has provided a copy of statement of CW-2 Kuldeep Singh to the counsel for the petitioner, who has read the same in the Court. A specific allegation has been leveled by CW-2 Kuldeep Singh. What is the effect of statement, is in the realm of appreciation of evidence. Therefore, no case for quashing of the complaint is made out. In view of the fact, that petitioner is a lady, her personal appearance, before the trial Court, is exempted, subject to her filing an undertaking that she shall cause her appearance as and when required by the trial Court. She shall also file an undertaking that the evidence, if any, recorded in her absence but in the presence of her counsel, shall be Criminal Misc. No. 20491-M of 2007 binding upon her. The trial Court may incorporate any other conditions in the undertaking to be submitted by the accused. With these observations, present petition is disposed off. [KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA] JUDGE January 9, 2009 rps 2