MEHAR SINGH Vs. STATE OF HARYANA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) MEHAR Singh has filed this petition under Section 482, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (hereinafter called the Code) for quashing the criminal proceedings pending in the Court of Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Ambala.

(2.) PETITIONER was employed as Cashier in Rattan Nari Co-operative Agriculture Service Society. A case under Section 408 I.P.C. was registered against the petitioner in the police station Mullan vide F.I.R. No. 178 of 2nd of December, 1975 on the allegations that he had embezzled the funds of the society.

(3.) PETITIONER has further mentioned in para 6 of the petitioner that although a period of more than 18 years has elapsed, yet the case against the petitioner has not been decided so far and that this inordinate delay in disposal of this case cannot be attributed to the conduct and behaviour of the petitioner by any stretch of imagination. The petitioner has further submitted that the impugned F.I.R. and the resultant criminal proceedings initiated against the petitioner are liable to be quashed.