Criminal Misc. No. M-11509 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-11509 of 2009 Date of decision : 15.07.2010 Balwinder Singh Saini ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Mansur Ali, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) Learned State counsel, on instructions from Constable Kashmira Singh (present in court) has pointed out at the outset that investigation in the case has been completed and challan has been presented before the competent court of jurisdiction on 15.06.2010. In view of above, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he may be allowed to withdraw the present petition with liberty to the petitioner to raise all his pleas before the trial court at an appropriate stage. He, however, prays that in view of the fact that FIR was registered way back in the year 2007, a direction be issued to the trial court to conclude the trial expeditiously. He further submits that petitioner is a government official and has to be present on each and every date in the trial court, thus, personal appearance of petitioner before the trial court may be exempted. Dismissed as withdrawn with liberty as aforesaid. It is directed that trial court shall endeavor to conclude the trial Criminal Misc. No. M-11509 of 2009 2 expeditiously, preferably within a period of one year. It is further directed that in case an application is moved by petitioner before the trial court for exemption from personal appearance, the same shall be considered by the trial court in accordance with law. The trial court may exempt personal appearance of petitioner except on material dates when it is absolutely necessary. This, however, will be subject to such terms and conditions as the trial court may deem fit to impose. July 15, 2010 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE