IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH -.- Crl. Misc. No. M- 32168 of 2008 Date of Decision:- 4.3.2009 Sukhdev Singh Versus State of Punjab & Ors. Present:- Mr. M.S.Bajwa, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. R.S.Rawat, AAG, Punjab. M.M.S.BEDI. (J) (Oral) Petitioner seeks quashing of charge framed against him on 4.8.2000 vide Annexure P/4. This petition has been filed after a gap of eight years. FIR was registered in year 1999. Allegation against the petitioner is that he inconnivance with Satpal Singh sold a plot through power of attorney in favour of Jetha Singh on 30.11.1999, whereas the said plot had already been attached by the order of Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Amritsar, vide order dated 11.10.1999 in case FIR No. 231 under Section 392 IPC and 25 of the Arms Act, registered at Police Station Sadar, Amritsar. Main contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that he did not have any knowledge about the property having been attached and that petitioner is a property dealer unaware of the actual title of the property. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and appreciated the facts of the present case. Charges framed in Year 2000 on the basis of FIR registered in Year 1999. FIR cannot be quashed after a gap of nine years especially when there are specific allegations of cheating against the petitioner. This petition is dismissed. However, the trial Court is directed to expediciously dispose of the trial within a period of one year. March 4, 2009 (M.M.S.Bedi) tripti Judge