IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-35912 of 2011 Date of decision : December 16, 2011 Gurcharanjeet Singh @ Dhira ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab ....Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice L.N. Mittal Present : Mr. RS Malhotra, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Shailesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab L.N. Mittal, J. (Oral) Accused Gurcharanjeet Singh @ Dhira has filed this petition for anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 66 dated 6.12.2010, under section 61 of Excise Act, registered at Police Station Tarsika, District Amritsar. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case file. Petitioner was earlier on bail but he absented from the trial court and jumped bail on 18.5.2011 and accordingly his bail bonds were cancelled and forfeited. Counsel for the petitioner contended that the petitioner was ill and therefore, he could not appear in the trial court on 18.5.2011 the date fixed. The contention has to be taken with a pinch of salt. The petitioner has annexed medical certificate Annexure P/1 depicting that the petitioner Criminal Misc. No. M-35912 of 2011 -2- remained under treatment with effect from 15.8.2011 till 30.8.2011 i.e. three months after the petitioner absented from the trial court. There is not even an iota of material on record that the petitioner was ill on 18.5.2011, the date fixed in the trial court. Moreover, even if he was ill, the petitioner should have informed the trial court and prayed for exemption from personal appearance. However, it appears that the petitioner has no respect for the proceedings of the court. Even after absenting from the trial court, he approached Sessions Court after four months. For the reasons aforesaid, I do not find it to be a fit case to extend the benefit of concession of anticipatory bail. Dismissed. ( L.N. Mittal ) December 16, 2011 Judge 'dalbir'