In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh ...... Criminal Misc. No.M-11131 of 2009 ..... Date of decision:11.5.2009 Subhash Chander Sharma .....Petitioner v. Central Bureau of Investigation .....Respondent .... Present: Mr. A.D.S. Sukhija, Advocate for the petitioner. ..... S.S. Saron, J. This petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking quashing of FIR No.1 dated 3.6.2003 registered at Police Station SIU.V/SIC, New Delhi for the offences under Sections 406, 420, 506, 386 and 120-B IPC and the offence under Section 376 IPC which was added later. On the last date of hearing i.e. 4.5.2009, learned counsel submitted that he limits his prayer for expeditious disposal of the case for which he needs to ascertain certain facts. It is submitted that charge-report (challan) in the case was filed on 17.8.2005. Thereafter, the charges were framed on 17.7.2006. The prosecution cited 37 witnesses out of which 21 have been examined. The remaining witnesses, it is stated, are mostly formal in nature and, therefore, it is prayed that a direction be issued to the trial Court to dispose of the case expeditiously. Keeping in view the fact that substantial progress has been made in the case and about 16 witnesses remain to be examined, it would Cr. Misc. No.M-11131/2009 [2] not be appropriate for this Court to issue any direction at this stage. However, the petitioner may make an application for expeditious disposal of the case before the trial Court itself as the said Court would be in a better position to consider the ground realities in the case. Accordingly, the criminal miscellaneous petition is disposed of with the direction to the petitioner to move necessary application for expeditious disposal before the trial Court itself. May 11, 2009. (S.S. Saron) Judge *hsp*