CRM No. M 5530 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH -- CRM No. M 5530 of 2011 Date of decision: 07.04.2011 Amarjit Singh ........ Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another .......Respondent(s) Coram: Hon'ble Ms Justice Nirmaljit Kaur -.- Present: Mr. R K Arya, Advocate for the petitioner -.- 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporter or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Nirmaljit Kaur, J. (Oral) On 22.02.2011, the following order4 was passed:- “It is stated that the matter has been compromised and all the other co-accused of the petitioner have since been acquitted. However, the petitioner could not be acquitted as he did not face trial and he was declared proclaimed offender. In view of the above, the present quashing petition will be taken up only after the petitioner surrenders before the trial Court. However, taking into account the facts and circumstances of the case, in case, the petitioner surrenders before the trial Court within one week from today and files an application for regular bail, CRM No. M 5530 of 2011 2 the same shall be considered within two days thereafter. Adjourned to 07.04.2011.” Learned counsel for the petitioner states that in pursuance to the said order, the petitioner surrendered before the trial Court and filed his application for regular bail on 28.02.2011. In spite of the direction that the said application shall be decided within two days, the same is still pending and the petitioner is now in custody for the last more than one month. It is further stated that the co-accused of the petitioner have since been acquitted. Accordingly, the petitioner is ordered to be released on bail on his furnishing bail bonds to the satisfaction of the trial Court. Disposed of accordingly. Meanwhile, the concerned Judicial Magistrate before whom the application came up for hearing on 28.02.2011, shall submit his explanation as to why the same was not decided within two days as directed by this Court. The said explanation be put up before this Court for further consideration. (Nirmaljit Kaur) Judge 07.04.2011 mohan