Dismissed¶12

Kulwinder Singh @ Kinda v. State of Punjab

Punjab & Haryana HC21 Jan 2025CRM-M/2002/2025

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What is this about?

Kulwinder Singh @ Kinda v. State of Punjab, CRM M-2002-2025 (O&M), Punjab & Haryana High Court (Chandigarh), Harkesh Manuja, J., 21.01.2025 - petition dismissed as not pressed upon withdrawal; trial Court requested to expedite trial and conclude prosecution evidence on 19.02.2025; charges framed 10.01.2023; 2 prosecution witnesses remaining; liberty reserved to petitioner to seek appropriate relief on prosecution delay; pending miscellaneous applications disposed of.

What did the court decide?

Petition dismissed as not pressed; learned trial Court requested to expedite the trial and conclude the evidence on the date fixed (19.02.2025); petitioner left at liberty to move an appropriate application as per law in case of any delay by the prosecution; pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, stand disposed of. ¶12

Kulwinder Singh @ Kinda Vs State of Punjab — Punjab & Haryana HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner may withdraw the present petition with a request to direct the learned trial Court to expedite the trial and conclude the prosecution evidence on the date fixed.

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Court's answer

The petition was dismissed as not pressed, learned counsel for the petitioner having chosen to withdraw it.

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Ratio / Principle

The learned trial Court was requested to expedite the trial and conclude the evidence on the date fixed (next date of hearing being 19.02.2025).

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Key takeaways

In case of any delay on the part of the prosecution, the petitioner shall be at liberty to move an appropriate application in the present case, as per law.ratio¶16
Pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, shall also stand disposed of.ratio¶17

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Criminal miscellaneous petition (CRM M-2002-2025 (O&M)), High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh, decided 21.01.2025 by Harkesh Manuja, J. (ORAL): after arguing for some time, learned counsel for the petitioner withdrew the petition seeking instead a direction to the trial Court to expedite the trial; the petition was dismissed as not pressed. Noting that charges were framed on 10.01.2023, only 2 prosecution witnesses remained to be examined and the next date of hearing before the trial Court was 19.02.2025, and on the assurance of learned State Counsel (on specific instructions from SI Sukhwinderjeet Singh) that sincere efforts would be made to conclude the prosecution evidence on that date, the trial Court was requested to expedite the trial and conclude the evidence on the date fixed. The petitioner was left at liberty to move an appropriate application as per law in case of any delay on the part of the prosecution, and pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, stood disposed of.

Kulwinder Singh @ Kinda v. State of Punjab

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