In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh
Criminal Misc. No.M- 12570 of 2009
Date of decision: 7.5.2009
Kulwaran Singh
......Petitioner
Versus
State of Punjab
.......Respondent
CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA
Present: Mr. Sanjay Gupta, Advocate,
for the petitioner.
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SABINA, J.
This petition has been filed by Kulwaran Singh under
Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (“Cr.P.C. for short) for
quashing the impugned order dated 10.6.2000 passed by the Judicial
Magistrate, Ist Class, Hoshiarpur in case FIR No.76 dated 5.6.1998
registered at Police Station Mehilpur District Hoshiarpur under
Sections 452, 506, 148 and 149 of the Indian Penal Code.
Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the
petitioner had been appearing before the trial Court on number of
dates. Complainant Gulwarg Singh, however, went abroad and has
not returned back to India till date. The co-accused, who had faced
the trial have since been acquitted by the trial Court vide order dated
15.10.2004 (Annexure P-2). The petitioner had gone to Greece and
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now he has returned to India and is ready to face trial.
Accordingly, the present petition is disposed of with a
direction that in case, the petitioner surrenders before the trial Court,
he shall be released on bail subject to the satisfaction of the said
Court. The trial Court is further directed to conclude the trial against
the petitioner expeditiously.
(SABINA)
JUDGE
May 07, 2009
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