Criminal Misc. No. M-31300 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-31300 of 2011 Date of decision : December 07, 2011 Anil Arora ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab ....Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice L.N. Mittal Present : Mr. Eklavya Darshi, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Shailesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab L.N. Mittal, J. (Oral) Accused Anil Arora has filed this petition for anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 156 dated 30.7.2008, under sections 354, 323, 427, 506, 34 IPC, registered at Police Station Division No. 7, Ludhiana. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case file. The petitioner absented from the trial court on 9.2.2011. Notice was issued to him for 6.4.2011. He did not appear even on the said date of hearing. His bail bonds were cancelled and non-bailable warrants were issued against him. Criminal Misc. No. M-31300 of 2011 -2- Counsel for the petitioner contended that the petitioner was unwell and therefore, he could not appear in the trial court. It was also submitted that the petitioner also had to undergo surgery. I have carefully considered the aforesaid contentions but the same are patently untenable. The petitioner has obtained certificate Annexure P/2 which is dated 30.5.2011 regarding advice of rest since 8.2.2011 till 10.2.2011. Obviously, this certificate has been obtained to justify absence of the petitioner in the trial court on 9.2.2011. However, the petitioner did not send any intimation to the trial court of his ailment on 9.2.2011. The matter does not rest here. The petitioner did not appear in the trial court even on 6.4.2011. There is not even an iota of material on record to depict that even after rest advised till 10.2.2011 vide certificate Annexure P/2, the petitioner was suffering from any ailment till 6.4.2011. It is also worth mentioning that at the time of motion order to obtain interim relief, counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner had to be operated upon. However, there is not an averment regarding surgery or operation in the entire petition. Nor there is even an iota of material on record to substantiate the said submission. The petitioner also alleged in the petition that he remained admitted for three days vide discharge certificate Annexure P/3. However, perusal of Annexure P/3 reveals that the petitioner was admitted in the hospital on 17.6.2011 and left the hospital against medical advice on 18.6.2011 i.e. after remaining admitted for one day only. It is also worth mentioning that anticipatory bail petition of the Criminal Misc. No. M-31300 of 2011 -3- petitioner was dismissed by learned Sessions Judge vide order dated 7.6.2011, Annexure P/4 but the instant petition was filed in this Court on 3.10.2011 i.e. after almost four months thereof. From the aforesaid, it is manifest that the petitioner is taking courts for a ride. He is playing hide and seek with the courts. There is no justification for his continuous absence from the trial court. The petitioner also obtained interim order by misrepresentation. For the reasons aforesaid, I find no sufficient ground to extend the concession of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the instant petition is dismissed. Interim order stands vacated. ( L.N. Mittal ) December 07, 2011 Judge 'dalbir'