IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Criminal Misc. No.M-32707 of 2009 (O&M) Date of Decision: 19.11.2009. Gaganjit Singh ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM : Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present:- Ms. Saloni Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. RAJESH BINDAL J. **** The challenge in the present petition is to the order passed by the Court below in an application filed by the prosecution under section 311 Cr.P.C. summoning the then Additional Civil Judge (Sr. Division) Dhuri to prove his signatures on the application dated June 19, 1997 which was forwarded to him by the then Learned District and Sessions Judge, Sangrur. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that it is at the fag end of the trial that this application has been moved which has no purpose as the signatures of the judicial officer has already been proved by the official working in the office. This will unnecessarily delay the trial which is already pending since 2000. However, after hearing learned counsel for the petitioner I do not find any merit in the present petition. It is only the signatures of the judicial officer on the application which are required to be proved by summoning him as a witness in the case. As far as the grouse regarding the delay in the trial is concerned considering the fact that the same is pending since 2000, learned Court below is directed to conclude the same by January 31, 2010. The petition is disposed of. (RAJESH BINDAL) 19.11.2009 JUDGE Reema