IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.M.No. M-23335/2010(O&M) Date of decision: 13.8.2010. Amritpal Singh ....................Petitioner v. State of Punjab .....................Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr.Justice Jaswant Singh Present: Mr.Vikas Awasthy,Advocate for the petitioner. Jaswant Singh.J.(Oral) Prayer is for grant of anticipatory bail in case Fir No.100 dated 6.6.2005 under Sections 406/420 IPC, PS Salem Tabri, Ludhiana. As per allegations, the petitioner alongwith three other co- accused who are his family members namely father, mother and sister had allegedly taken a sum of Rs.28 lacs to send three complainants to USA. The occurrence is of 2003 and the FIR was lodged on 6.6.2005. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner had gone to Canada and no proper service had been effected upon him. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. It is not disputed that petitioner was in India since February 2006 to June 2008. It is also apparent that the plea regarding lack of knowledge of pending proceedings cannot be raised by the petitioner. Petitioner was admittedly in India when he was declared a PO on 13.11.2006. For all these years he took no steps to join the proceedings. Scant regard shown by the petitioner to the proceedings pending against him, disentitles him to the concession of anticipatory bail. Dismissed. 13.8.2010 (Jaswant Singh) joshi Judge