IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No.M-28703 of 2008 Date of decision : 18.12.2008 Kulwinder Singh and others ....Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. D. ANAND Present: Mr. L.M.Gulati, Advocate for the petitioners. Ms. Manjari Nehru Kaul,Deputy Advocate General,Punjab. Mr. Rajinder Sharma, Advocate for respondent no.2. S. D. ANAND, J. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that petition may be dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to raise all these pleas (and whatever other pleas available to them in the context) before the learned trial Court. Ordered accordingly. However, in response to a verbal averment, it is directed that on a plea being filed by the petitionersTara Singh and Shalinder Kaur, the trial Court shall allow exemption from personal appearance before it. However, it shall not fetter the judicial discretion of the learned Trial Magistrate to direct personal appearance of the petitioners at any stage of the trial by passing a specific order to that effect. December 18, 2008 (S.D. ANAND) Pka JUDGE