Criminal Misc. No. M-9121 of 2009 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Criminal Misc. No. M-9121 of 2009 Date of Decision: 18.4.2009 Gulshan Kaur …Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Mr. S.K. Beriwal, Advocate for Mrs. Rahish Pahwa Dudeja, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.Anter Singh Brar, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, for the State. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) The present petition has been preferred under Section 438 Cr.P.C. seeking pre-arrest bail to the petitioner in case FIR No. 70 dated 2.4.2007, registered at Police Station Division No.7, Ludhiana, under Section 18/61/85 of Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”). On 1.4.2009, this Court had passed the following order:- “Counsel for the petitioner submits that 100 grams of opium was recovered from the petitioner, which was a non-commercial quantity and was released on regular bail. She further submits Criminal Misc. No. M-9121 of 2009 2 that petitioner has wrongly noted the date 10.12.2008 as 10.2.2009 and, therefore, could not appear before the Court. It is submitted that non- appearance of the petitioner before the trial Court was not willful but under the bonafide mistake. Issue notice of motion to learned Advocate General, Punjab, for 18.4.2009. In case, petitioner appear before the trial Court on or before 10.4.2009, she shall be released on interim bail”. Mr. S.K. Beriwal, Advocate, appearing for Mrs. Rahish Pahwa Dudeja, Advocate, has stated that petitioner had appeared before the trial Court in pursuance of the order dated 1.4.2009. Mr. Brar, on instructions from Hartej Singh, Head Constable, has stated that petitioner appeared before the trial Court on 8.4.2009. In these circumstances, interim bail granted to the petition vide order dated 1.4.2009 is made absolute till the conclusion of trial subject to furnishing of fresh bail bonds to the satisfaction of the Court concerned. The trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail in case of any breach in the terms & conditions of the bail bonds. With the observations made above, the present petition is disposed off. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge April 18, 2009 “DK”