IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-13516 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision:- 04.05.2011 Balbir Singh ...Petitioner Versus Ajit Singh and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RITU BAHRI Present:- Mr. R.S. Bajaj, Advocate for the petitioner. RITU BAHRI J.(Oral) Challenge in this petition is to the order dated 01.04.2011 (Annexure P2) passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class Jalandhar, whereby application filed by respondent No. 1 for exemption from personal appearance during the pendency of the trial in criminal complaint No. 119/1/07 dated 28.07.2007 (Annexure P1) has been allowed. Vide order dated 01.04.2011, the application for personal appearance of the accused Ajit Singh was allowed on the ground that the applicant-respondent No. 1 is more than 60 years of age and chronic diabetic and high BP patient and is a NRI and citizen of England and has to come present on every date of hearing by specifically travelling from England to Jallandhar. The application has been allowed on furnishing bank guarantee to the tune of Rs.10,00,000/- along with one surety and further subject to furnishing the undertaking that respondent No.1 shall not dispute his identity during the trial of the present case and his counsel shall appear on his behalf and to conduct the proceedings of the case in his absence. Mr. R.S. Bajaj, learned counsel for the petitioner has not been able to point out any illegality in the impugned order dated 01.04.2011. Dismissed as having no merits. May 04, 2011 ( RITU BAHRI ) G.Arora JUDGE