IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-9875 of 2011 Date of decision:- 31.03.2011 Sukhwinder Singh @ Joni ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RITU BAHRI Present:- Mr. Sarju Puri, Advocate for the petitioner. RITU BAHRI J.(Oral) Counsel for the petitioner contends that the application for exemption from personal appearance of the petitioner was declined by the Additional Sessions Judge, S.B.S. Nagar vide order dated 25.2.2011. In the application, it was mentioned that the mother of petitioner was ill and exemption was sought on this ground. As per impugned order, earlier also Mr. Amandeep Singh, Advocate for the accused had made a request for adjournment and the present application was also not being signed by any person and the name of application was written as Sukhwinder Singh through Sh. Amandeep Singh, Advocate but both were not present. Without going into the merits of the case, the criminal miscellaneous petition is allowed and the impugned order dated 25.2.2011 is set aside subject to payment of Rs.5000/- as costs. Petitioner is directed to appear before the trial Court tomorrow i.e. 01.4.2011 and deposit the cost. Copy of this order be given to counsel for the petitioner under the signatures of the Court Secretary of this Bench. March 31, 2011 ( RITU BAHRI ) Vijay Asija JUDGE