IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-9592 of 2009 Date of decision: 30th April, 2009 Rajan Sharma @ Raju … Petitioner Versus State of Punjab … Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Mr. Nitin Thatai, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Mehardeep Singh, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab for the State. KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J. (ORAL) Present petition has been filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C. seeking grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No. 155 dated 25.10.2004 registered at Police Station Islamabad, District Amritsar under Sections 458, 380, 506, 376, 34 IPC. On April 2, 2009, this Court had passed the following order: The present petition has been filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C. seeking pre-arrest bail to the petitioner in case titled as “State v. Aman Kumar & Others” arising out of case FIR No. 155 dated 25.10.2004 registered at Police Station Islamabad, Amritsar, under Sections 458, 380, 506, 376 & 34 IPC. Counsel for the petitioner has submitted that petitioner was earlier arrested and was released on regular bail by the Court of Additional Sessions Judge, Amritsar, on 7.12.2004. Copy of the order has been annexed with the present petition as Annexure P2. It is submitted that the petitioner has been appearing before the trial Court regularly and he had noted the Criminal Misc. No. M-9592 of 2009 date wrongly. It is further submitted that instead of 11.2.2009, date noted by the petitioner as 11.4.2009. Counsel further submitted that absence of the petitioner on the date fixed was not willful but was due to bonafide mistake. Issue notice of motion to learned Advocate General, Punjab, for 30.4.2009. In case petitioner cause appearance before the trial Court on or before 20.4.2009, he shall be released on interim bail.” Counsel for the State, on instructions from Jagir Singh Head Constable, has submitted that the petitioner has caused appearance before the trial Court and has been released on interim bail. For the reasons stated in order dated April 2, 2009 and in view of the statement made by counsel for the State, interim bail granted to the petitioner is made absolute till conclusion of the trial, subject to his furnishing fresh bail bonds. The trial Court will be at liberty to cancel the bail, in case of any breach of terms and conditions of the bail bonds. With these observations, present petition is disposed off. [KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA] JUDGE April 30, 2009 rps 2