IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc.-M No.34028 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision: November 16, 2011 Lakhvir Singh @ Lakha Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present: Mr.Rajbir Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. ***** RANJIT SINGH, J. The petitioner has been declared as a proclaimed offender. He has impugned this order. The petitioner ought to appear before the trial Court first once he has come to know of the order. Otherwise also, father of the petitioner is also facing prosecution and it cannot be accepted that the son did not know about this case. Counsel seeks permission to appear before the trial Court. May do so. No case for quashing the order is made out. Dismissed. However, if the petitioner appears before the trial Court on or before 1.12.2011, the court would consider his prayer for bail within a reasonable time. The court shall keep in view the fact that the petitioner has already compromised and paid a sum of ` 5.00 lacs, as stated by the counsel. November 16, 2011 ( RANJIT SINGH ) ramesh JUDGE