IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-26010 of 2009 Date of decision : October 06, 2009 Malkiat Singh ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab ....Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice L.N. Mittal Present : Mr. AS Manaise, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, AAG Punjab L.N. Mittal, J. (Oral) Malkiat Singh has filed this petition for anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 204 dated 4.10.2007 under sections 420, 406 IPC, Police Station Dhariwal, District Gurdaspur. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case file. The petitioner was earlier granted bail but he did not appear in the trial court on 4.4.2009 and therefore, his non-bailable warrant has been issued. The petitioner approached the Session Court for anticipatory bail also very belatedly i.e. after four months. There is no explanation why the petitioner could not appear before the trial court on 4.4.2009 and why even thereafter he did not take any step for four months. Criminal Misc. No. M-26010 of 2009 -2- In view of the aforesaid but without commenting anything on merits, no ground for anticipatory bail is made out. Dismissed. ( L.N. Mittal ) October 06, 2009 Judge 'dalbir'