IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Criminal Miscellaneous No. M-36324 of 2009 Date of Decision: January 08, 2010 Davinder Singh .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. R.K. Arya, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Rajni Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Punjab. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) This petition has been filed under Section 439 Cr.P.C. for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No162 dated 23.8.2005, under Section 61 of the Excise Act registered with Police Station, Dhariwal, District Gurdaspur. It transpires that the petitioner was on bail. The petitioner, however, absconded and resultantly was declared Proclaimed Offender vide Order dated 10.4.2007. The petitioner finally could be arrested only on 23.10.2009. Crl. Misc. No. M-36324 of 2009 [2] In view of the conduct of the petitioner and scant respect for the process of law, I do not deem it appropriate to allow bail to the petitioner who remained Proclaimed Offender for about 2 ½ years. The petition is dismissed. Learned counsel for the respondent- State has brought out that the trial is fixed for 15.1.2010. The Trial Court is requested to conclude the trial within four months of the next date of hearing. Copy of the order be sent to the Trial Court forthwith. (AJAI LAMBA) January 08, 2010 JUDGE avin