IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT
CHANDIGARH
F.A.O. No. M-250 of 2003 (O&M)
Date of Decision: April 29, 2009
Buta Singh
... Appellant
Versus
Manjit Kaur.
... Respondent
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.D. ANAND.
Present : Mr. A.S. Syan, Advocate,
for the appellant.
Mr. Satnam Singh Gill, Advocate,
for the respondent - wife.
Mr. H.S. Gill, DAG, Punjabb.
S.D. Anand, J.
A coercive process to secure the presence of the
appellant – husband had been issued under the order dated
16.12.2008 passed by a Coordinate Bench (T.P.S. Mann, J.)
of this Court. He has been produced today in custody. He
has been brought by Ms. Sunita Rani, D.S.P., Patiala and SI
– Satnam Singh. The Coordinate Bench of this Court had
ordered issuance of coercive process against the appellant –
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husband on account of non-payment of Rs.5,000/- which
had been imposed upon him as costs of adjournment.
The appellant states that he is not in a position to
pay up on account of his financial incapacity, particularly
when he had already undergone two kidney stone
operations and he no longer has earning capacity.
In the face thereof, he states that the appeal itself
may be dismissed as withdrawn.
In the light thereof, the appeal shall stand
dismissed as withdrawn. He shall be released from custody
forthwith.
April 29, 2009 ( S.D. Anand ) vkd Judge