IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-23921 of 2008 Date of Decision: November 11, 2008 Jaswant Singh @ Sant … Petitioner Versus State of Punjab. … Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE S.D. ANAND. Present : Mr.D.S. Pheruman, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Manjari Nehru, DAG, Punjab. S.D. Anand, J. Crl. Misc. No. 51577 of 2008 Allowed, as prayed for. Crl. Misc. No. 51576 of 2008 Crl. Misc. application is allowed. Annexure P/2 is taken on record. Crl. Misc. No. M-23921 of 2008 In the face of the averment in Crl. Misc. No. 51576 of 2008, the S.P. Headquarters, concerned, exonerated the petitioner of the charge of having caused the death of the deceased and recorded a finding in the context that the deceased, in fact, slipped Crl. Misc. No. M-23921 of 2008 from a cycle, fell into a canal and died, the learned State counsel states that the report aforementioned was not accepted by the Senior Superintendent of Police concerned. She further informs in the context that the challan in the matter had already been filed and the case is fixed for 02.12.2008 for recording of the prosecution evidence. The learned counsel for the petitioner states that he would be content and interests of justice would be served if a direction for the time-bound disposal of the trial is issued. The petition shall stand disposed of accordingly with a direction that the learned Trial Court shall dispose of the trial itself by or on 31.03.2009. If the trial is not concluded by that date, the petitioner shall be released on bail to the satisfaction of the learned Trial Court. The acknowledgement (of copy of this order) issued by the concerned Judicial Officer shall be forwarded to the Registry of this Court. Learned Sessions Judge shall himself maintain a tab to ensure that the case is disposed of by aforementioned date. November 11, 2008 ( S.D. Anand ) vkd Judge 2