IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-5673 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision: April 18, 2011 Dhiraj Batta alias Dhiru ….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab … Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK SINGH 1. Whether reporters of local news papers may be Allowed to see judgment? 2. To be referred to reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present: Mr. Bhupinder Ghai, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. K.D. Sachdeva, Addl. A.G., Punjab, for the respondent-State. Alok Singh, J. (Oral) This is a petition seeking regular bail in case FIR No. 143, dated 07.07.2009, under Sections 399/402 of the Indian Penal Code, registered at Police Station Gobindgarh Mandi, District Fatehgarh Sahib. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that petitioner is in judicial custody w.e.f. 23.06.2010. Crl. Misc. No.M-5673 of 2011 Learned Additional Advocate General, on the instructions of ASI Davinderpal Singh, states that four prosecution witnesses have already been examined, therefore, there is no inordinate delay in the trial. On the statement of learned Additional Advocate General, Punjab, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to withdraw this petition, at this stage, with request to direct the learned Trial Court to expedite the trial. Petition is dismissed as withdrawn, at this stage. However, learned Trial Court is requested to expedite the trial. Learned Trial Court is further requested not to grant unnecessary adjournments to either of the parties. April 18, 2011 ( Alok Singh ) vkd Judge 2