IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No.M-15144 of 2013(O&M) Date of Decision:. 08.05.2013 Bhupinder Singh ... Petitioner vs. State of Punjab & Ors ... Respondents CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIJENDER SINGH MALIK Present:- Mr. A.S. Bhatti, Advocate for the petitioner. VIJENDER SINGH MALIK,J(ORAL) Bhupinder Singh, the petitioner has brought this petition under section 482 Cr.P.C. for directing Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Hoshiarpur to decide his application under section 156(3) Cr.P.C. titled Bhupinder Singh Vs. State of Punjab & Ors., registered as CRM-24 of 12.10.2012 in view of the law laid down in Sakiri Vasu Vs. State of U.P. & Ors. 2008(2) SCC 409. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the proceedings were brought before the court on 11.10.2012 and thereafter it is being adjourned for one reason or the other and sometimes on request of counsel for the applicant, though, there was no such request. In the course of those proceedings, the case was adjourned once to 15.5.2012 and then an application was filed for pre-poning the case, but still no relief has been granted to the petitioner. According to him, the application under section 156(3) Cr.P.C., is yet to be decided. Learned counsel for the petitioner wishes this court to issue directions to the court below to decide his application under section 156(3) Cr.P.C. Looking to the aforesaid aspects, I find it appropriate to dispose of this petition at this stage with directions to the court below to decide the application under section 156(3) Cr.P.C. at the earliest. May 08, 2013 (VIJENDER SINGH MALIK ) Jiten JUDGE