Crl. Misc. No.M-5656 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No.M-5656 of 2011 Date of Decision: 23.02.2011 Tarsem Singh ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM : Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present:- Mr. Rakesh Verma, Advocate for the petitioner. ***** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest ? ** NIRMALJIT KAUR, J. (ORAL) This is a petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C for quashing of the impugned order dated 06.09.2004, as well as, the order dated 24.01.2005 in case FIR No.100 dated 16.08.2000 under Sections 61/1/14 of Excise Act registered at Police Station Lohian, District Jalandhar, pending in the Court of Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Nakodar. It is contended that the only allegation against the present petitioner is under Section 61/1/14 of Excise Act and the only recovery effected from him was 24 bottles of beer. The petitioner is facing trial and appearing regularly before the trial Court for the last four years. Thereafter, he could not appear before the trial Court on account of certain family problems and was declared proclaimed offender. Without going into the merit but taking into account the allegations in the FIR, as well as, the fact that earlier the petitioner was Crl. Misc. No.M-5656 of 2011 2 facing trial and was regularly appearing before the trial Court, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to the trial Magistrate, Nakodar that in case, the petitioner appears before him within ten days from today and files an application for regular bail, he shall be released on bail on his furnishing bail bonds to his satisfaction. (NIRMALJIT KAUR) 23.02.2011 JUDGE gurpreet