IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc.No.67046 of 2011 & Criminal Misc.-M No.35160 of 2011 Date of Decision: December 07, 2011 Darshan Kaur & others ...Petitioners Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present: Mr.Gurcharan Singh, Advocate, for the petitioners. ***** RANJIT SINGH, J. Criminal Misc.No.67046 of 2011 Documents taken on record. Application disposed of. Criminal Misc.-M No.35160 of 2011 The petitioners seek quashing of the FIR on the ground that the criminal trial is on for a period of six years. The petitioners are being prosecuted for offences under Sections 406 and 498-A IPC. The petitioners were directed to produce on record some zimni orders to see as to who was responsible for delay. The delay in this case cannot clearly be attributed only to the prosecution. On number of occasions, the petitioners or the other accused were absent and they sought their exemption from personal appearance. On 15.5.2008, number of prosecution witnesses came present, but the case had to be adjourned because one of the accused Gurwinder Singh sought exemption from his appearance. It can be said that this Criminal Misc.-M No.35160 of 2011 : 2 : may be a strategy to seek adjournment once the witnesses came present. In this background, I am not inclined to interfere to quash the FIR on the ground that there is delay in deciding the criminal case. Delay in such like cases would be material in case it is clearly attributed to the prosecution. Such is not a case in hand. Counsel for the petitioners then pleads that the trial Court may be directed to decide the case expeditiously. It is for the trial Court to see and expedite the trial in case some reasons in this regard are made out. Otherwise, there is no case for interference is made out. The petition is accordingly dismissed. December 07, 2011 ( RANJIT SINGH ) ramesh JUDGE