IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-27322-2011 (O&M) Date of decision:23.09.2011 Jai Parkash Yadav and another ...Petitioners Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN Present: Mr. R.S.Manhas, Advocate, for the petitioners. ***** RAKESH KUMAR JAIN, J. The petitioners have prayed for pre-arrest bail in a case registered vide FIR No.62 dated 18.09.2006, under Sections 457 and 380 of IPC at Police Station Shahpurkandi, District Gurdaspur. The allegations against the petitioners are that they had stolen LCD from the school in which they were allegedly studying. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the petitioners were on bail and have been appearing till 01.07.2009 and thereafter stopped appearing under a wrong impression that their case has been closed. Thereafter, they were declared proclaimed offenders and when they had applied for bail, the same has been dismissed by the learned Trial Court. He has also produced zimni orders from 04.11.2006 to 22.04.2011. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioners and perused the available record from which I have found that there were two more accused who were facing trial alongwith the petitioners and were appearing regularly, therefore, it cannot be believed that the petitioners were under the impression that their case has been closed and thus they stopped appearing before the Court. The petitioners have been taking the Court proceedings very casually and did not appear despite the fact that they had been declared proclaimed offenders. In view of these circumstances, I do not find it to be a fit case for exercising discretion of this Court for granting pre-arrest bail to the petitioners. Hence, the present petition is hereby dismissed. September 23, 2011 (RAKESH KUMAR JAIN) vinod* JUDGE