IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Criminal Misc. No.M-14334 of 2008 Date of Decision : 01.07.2008 Karamjit Kaur ......Petitioner State of Punjab .......Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present : Mr. Ajay Pal Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. *** Rajesh Bindal J. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner who is an accused in FIR No.224 dated 12.06.2000, registered under Sections 420/467/468/471 IPC, is facing trial since the year, 2000 and has been regularly appearing in the Court on all the dates. As she was suffering from diarrhoea, an application dated 10-03-2008 was filed in the Court for exemption from personal appearance on 11-03-2008, however, the same was rejected on 11-03-2008 and the bail bonds furnished by her were also cancelled. Non-bailable warrants of arrest were issued for July 03, 2008. The application filed by the petitioner for pre-arrest bail was also rejected by the Court on April 16, 2008. Keeping in view the facts stated by the petitioner that she absented only on one date during the entire proceedings, continuing since the year 2000, the petitioner is directed to appear in the Court on Criminal Misc. No.M-14334 of 2008 -2- 03-07-2008 and file bail application, which shall be considered and decided by the Court on merits on the same date. The petition is disposed of accordingly. (RAJESH BINDAL) Judge July 01, 2008 gurpreet