P&H: Refuses to Set Six-Month Deadline for Haryana Criminal Trial
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a plea by Lovenish alias Kalu seeking a direction for the trial court to conclude his criminal trial within six months. Justice Virinder Aggarwal held that the record did not justify imposing a fixed deadline.
The case arises from a 2022 FIR registered at Ambala Cantt police station under provisions of the Indian Penal Code relating to, among other offences, robbery and attempted murder. The petitioner said that only two of the 21 prosecution witnesses had been examined and that the delay was affecting his ability to return to Canada for work...
