Crl. Misc. No. M-12822 of 2011 (O&M) [ 1 ] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-12822 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision: April 29,2011 Kulwant Singh ................................... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another ................. Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Ms. Justice Ritu Bahri 1.To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present: Mr. B.D.Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. ... RITU BAHRI, J. (Oral) Notice of motion. On asking of the Court, Mr. Vishal Munjal, Addl. Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the State. Counsel for the petitioner is directed to supply copy of the petition to the counsel for the State today itself during the course of the day. Learned counsel states that the petitioner was summoned to face trial in complaint No. 39-C dated 8.4.1994 and the summoning order dated 17.10.1995 Crl. Misc. No. M-12822 of 2011 (O&M) [ 2 ] passed by the CJM, Kapurthala, whereby the petitioner has been summoned under Sections 307/324/452/120-B/148/149 IPC. The petitioner left for Slovakia on 9.10.1995. Thereafter, he has been declared a Proclaimed Offender vide order dated 29.3.1996. Since petitioner had left for Slovakia, no procedure as contemplated under Sections 82 and 83 Cr.P.C. was followed while declaring him Proclaimed Offender. Subsequently, vide judgment dated 22.3.2005 (Annexure P-5) all the other co-accused have been acquitted as PW1-Tara Singh, PW2-Sukhjinder Singh son of Tara Singh, PW3-Mohan Singh son of Karam Singh and PW4-Harminder Kaur wife of Tara Singh did not support the case of the prosecution and resiled from their statements. Complainant Tara Singh has given in writing that he has no objection in case the proceedings are quashed qua the petitioner. Copy of the affidavit is Annexure P6. In view of the above facts, a direction is given that if the petitioner appears before the trial Court within 15 days and submit his bail bonds the trial Court shall accept the bail bonds and the proceedings in the trial will be completed within a period of two months thereafter. 29.4.2011 ( RITU BAHRI ) Rupi JUDGE