IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-17365 of 2009 Date of decision : August 12, 2009 Gursharan Singh alias Bhallu ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab ....Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice L.N. Mittal Present : Mr. Sandeep Arora, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, AAG Punjab L.N. Mittal, J. (Oral) Gursharan Singh alias Bhallu has filed this petition for bail in case FIR No. 132 dated 30.5.2007 under sections 307, 323, 324, 326, 452, 506, 148, 149 IPC, Police Station Sadar, Jalandhar. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case file. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that petitioner was earlier on bail but could not appear in the trial court on 1.12.2008 being ill and even application for exemption from personal appearance was moved with medical certificate but the application was dismissed and bail bonds of the petitioner were cancelled. The petitioner thereafter was declared proclaimed offender on 14.2.2009. The petitioner is now in custody since 21.4.2009 i.e. for little less than four months. Criminal Misc. No. M-17365 of 2009 -2- In view of the aforesaid but without meaning to express any opinion on the merits, the instant bail petition is allowed. Bail to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Jalandhar. ( L.N. Mittal ) August 12, 2009 Judge 'dalbir'