IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-15800 of 2009 Date of Decision :20.10.2009 Ramesh Kumar .....Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab .....Respondent BEFORE: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. R.K. Girdhar, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, DAG Punjab. RAJAN GUPTA J.(ORAL) After arguing at some length, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he may be allowed to withdraw the present petition. Dismissed as withdrawn. Learned counsel has, however, prays that petitioner has been in custody for the last about 10 months and thus a direction may be given to trial court to expedite the trial. Learned counsel for the State (on instructions from ASI Bhupinder Singh, who is present in court) submits that an efforts shall be made to examine the remaining prosecution witnesses at the earliest. Under the circumstances, it is directed that trial court shall endeavor to conclude the trial expeditiously preferably within six months. 20.10.2009 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE