Crl.Misc. No.M-2974 of 2011 1 ... IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.Misc. No.M-2974 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision : 31.1.2011. Jagmohan Singh and others ......Petitioners Versus State of Punjab ......Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. Sandeep Arora, Advocate, for the petitioners. NAWAB SINGH J.(ORAL) Counsel heard. Notice of motion. Mr.Jaspreet Singh, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab accepts notice on behalf of respondent-State. Petitioners are facing trial in case bearing First Information Report No. 83 dated May 28 th, 2009 (Annexure P/1) under Section 13 of the Public Gambling Act, 1867, Police Station Kartarpur, Jalandhar. They did not appear on October 20 th, 2010 on account of noting down wrong date. Warrants of arrest were issued against them. They filed application seeking pre-arrest bail before Additional Sessions Judge, Jalandhar, who vide order (Annexure P/2) dated December 1 st, 2010 directed that the petitioners to appear before the trial Court within seven days and they shall be released on bail on furnishing personal bond in the sum of Rs.25,000/- each with one surety in the like amount. For one reason or the other, the petitioners did not appear within seven days before the trial Magistrate. They again filed application before the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Jalandhar seeking extension of time to appear before the trial Court, which was dismissed by impugned order (Annexure P/3) dated December 14 th, 2010. Crl.Misc. No.M-2974 of 2011 2 ... Without considering the merits of the case, taking into account the offence for which the petitioners are being tried, that is, under the Public Gambling Act, one another opportunity is being granted to the petitioners to appear before the trial Magistrate on or before February 7th, 2011 and the trial Court shall admit them to bail to its satisfaction. Disposed of. (NAWAB SINGH) JUDGE 31.1.2011 som