Crl.Misc.No.M-11195 of 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.Misc.No.M-11195 of 2009. Decided on: February 03, 2010. Sonu & others .. Petitioners VERSUS The State of Punjab .. Respondent * * * CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE M.M.S.BEDI * * * PRESENT Mr.B.S.Jaswal, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr.K.S.Pannu, DAG, Punjab, for the respondent. M.M.S. BEDI, J. (ORAL) Petitioners had filed a petition for quashing of criminal proceedings against them but the said petition was dismissed as withdrawn on 24.05.2006, however, ordering that personal appearance of the petitioners in the proceedings before the trial Court shall remain exempted subject to the condition that the trial Court would be at liberty to require the personal appearance of the petitioners on any date deemed appropriate. Vide order dated 02.03.2009, the trial Court arrived at a conclusion that the petitioners . . . 1 Crl.Misc.No.M-11195 of 2009 i.e. Sonu and Sunny are absconding as they had failed to appear before the said Court. Counsel for the petitioners submit that there was no notice to the petitiones. The contention is apparently without any force because on 02.03.2009, if father and mother of the petitioners could appear in the Court and furnish bail bonds, there is no reason to believe that the petitioners did not have any knowledge about the notice having been issued to them. However, in the interest of justice, in order to prevent the further delay in the adjudication of the matter which arise out of FIR No.100 of 2004, Police Station, Amritsar, it is ordered that the petitioners will appear before the trial Court on 20.02.2010 at 10:00 A.M., and furnish bail bonds for sum of Rs.25,000/- with one surety of like amount each. The impugned order dated 02.03.2009, is hereby set aside without expression of any opinion regarding the maintainability of a petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C, against the impugned order, in the interest of justice. It is made clear that in case the petitioners do not put in appearance before the trial Court, this petition will be deemed to have been dismissed. It will be open to the trial Court to treat the petitioners as proclaimed offender for further proceedings and for attachment of their property, if any. Disposed of. (M.M.S.BEDI) JUDGE February 03, 2010. rka . . . 2