IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-30532 of 2008 Date of decision: November 20, 2008 Balihar Singh and others … Petitioners Versus Bimla Devi and another … Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE S.D. ANAND. Present : Mr. A.S. Kalra, Advocate, for the petitioners. S.D. Anand, J. Crl. Misc. No. 53610 of 2008 Allowed, as prayed for. Crl. Misc. No. M-30532 of 2008 Heard. The petitioners are relegated to the remedy available to them before the Court of Sessions before which they would be entitled to raise these very pleas at the trial. However, in response to a verbal request, the petitioner Nos. 2 to 6 shall be granted exemption from personal appearance by the learned Trial Court as and when a plea for the purpose aforementioned is filed before it. Crl. Misc. No. M-30532 of 2008 This would, of course, not disentitle the learned Trial Court to order the personal appearance of the petitioners at any stage of trial by recording reasons in support thereof. Disposed of accordingly. November 20, 2008 (S.D. Anand) vkd Judge 2