CRM No. M 20922 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH -- CRM No. M 20922 of 2010 Date of decision: 23.07.2010 Sewa Singh ........ Petitioner Versus State of Punjab .......Respondent(s) Coram: Hon'ble Ms Justice Nirmaljit Kaur -.- Present: Mr. JBS Gill, Advocate for the petitioner -.- 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement? 2. To be referred to the Reporter or not? 3. Whether the judgement should be reported in the Digest? Nirmaljit Kaur, J. (Oral) This is a petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for quashing of FIR No. 52 dated 15.11.1993 under Section 61(1) (a) of the Punjab Excise Act, registered at Police Station Sadar, Hariana, District Hoshiarpur. Allegations against the petitioner are that he was in possession of nine genuine English Rum bottles without licence and is a declared proclaimed offender. Accordingly, the present petition for quashing of FIR is not pressed. In any case, no ground for quashing is made out. Dismissed. The FIR pertains to the year 1993. He could not appear before the Court as he was in Italy all the while. Accordingly, he was declared as proclaimed offender. However, it is stated that the petitioner is ready and CRM No. M 20922 of 2010 2 willing to face the trial in the aforesaid case. Even otherwise, the offence is bailable. Thus, in view of these facts, in case, the petitioner appears before the trial Court and files his application for bail within four weeks, the same shall be decided within two weeks. (Nirmaljit Kaur) Judge 23.07.2010 mohan