IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-24700 of 2009 Date of decision : October 06, 2009 Jasbir Singh ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab ....Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice L.N. Mittal Present : Ms. Anita Sharma, Advocate for Mr. Gurcharan Dass, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, AAG Punjab L.N. Mittal, J. (Oral) Jasbir Singh has filed this petition for anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 92 dated 26.8.2007 under sections 406, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120- B IPC, Police Station Division No. 8, Ludhiana. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case file. The petitioner had earlier also approached this Court for same relief by filing Criminal Misc. No. M-22308 of 2008 which was dismissed vide order dated 17.11.2008. Thereafter no fresh ground for releasing petitioner on anticipatory bail has arisen. On the other hand, learned State counsel, on instructions from ASI Paramjit Singh states that the proceedings for declaring the petitioner as proclaimed offender have already been initiated. It is also worth mention that even after dismissal of earlier Criminal Misc. No. M-24700 of 2009 -2- anticipatory bail petition of the petitioner by this Court on 17.11.2008, the petitioner has been absconding from the process of law for more than ten months and has filed this second petition for same relief without any fresh ground. The instant petition is clearly an abuse of process of law. The petition is accordingly dismissed with costs of Rs 10,000/- to be deposited with the Registry of this Court within one month from today, failing which the case shall be listed for this purpose. ( L.N. Mittal ) October 06, 2009 Judge 'dalbir'