Crl.M.No.M-26782 of 2010 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl.M.No.M-26782 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision:September 13, 2010 Rajpal Singh .....Petitioner v. State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAM CHAND GUPTA Present: Mr.Kamal Narula, Advocate for the petitioner. ...... RAM CHAND GUPTA, J.(Oral) Crl.M.No.47778 of 2010 Application is allowed subject to all just exceptions. Crl.M.No.M-26782 of 2010 The present petition filed under Section 439 Cr.P.C. is for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.132, dated 27.9.2007, under Sections 328, 406, 120-B, 34 IPC, registered at Police Station Khui Khera, District Ferozepur. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and have gone through the whole record carefully, including the order passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Ferozepur, vide which application for regular bail filed on behalf of the present petitioner was dismissed. Petitioner-accused was admitted to bail. He was facing trial in the case. However, he absented from the court on 18.8.2008 without any intimation. Proceedings under Section 82 Cr.P.C. were initiated against him. He was declared proclaimed offender vide order dated 21.1.2010. He was re-arrested in this case on 17.6.2010 and since then he has been continuing in custody. Petitioner-accused remained absent for a sufficiently long time from the Court, i.e., from 18.8.2008 to 17.6.2010. Hence, it has been rightly observed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Ferozepur, in his Crl.M.No.M-26782 of 2010 (O&M) -2- order that the possibility of petitioner absconding again cannot be ruled out. Hence, in view of these facts and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, petitioner is not entitled for bail. The present petition filed by petitioner-Rajpal Singh for grant of regular bail is, hereby, dismissed being devoid of any merit. However, learned trial Court is directed to expedite the trial. 13.9.2010 (Ram Chand Gupta) meenu Judge