CRM No. M 13483 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH -- CRM No. M 13483 of 2010 Date of decision: 10.05.2010 Mustaq Mohamed ........ Petitioner Versus Rajinder Singh and another .......Respondent(s) Coram: Hon'ble Ms Justice Nirmaljit Kaur -.- Present: Mr. R N Moudgil, Advocate for the petitioner -.- 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement? 2. To be referred to the Reporter or not? 3. Whether the judgement should be reported in the Digest? Nirmaljit Kaur, J. (Oral) This is a petition under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in a complaint case No. 39 dated 03.06.2009 under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act titled as Rajinder Singh v. Mustaq Mohamed, pending in the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Rupnagar. Allegations in the present case is with respect to the complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. It is contended that since the petitioner did not appear before the trial Court on 10.08.2009, his bail bonds were cancelled. Thereafter, the petitioner did not appear before the trial Court for three consecutive dates and as such, his application for grant of anticipatory bail was dismissed vide order dated 16.03.2010 passed CRM No. M 13483 of 2010 2 by the Sessions Judge, Ropar while giving the petitioner liberty to file an application for regular bail before the trial Court which shall be decided within three days. There is no ground to interfere with aforesaid order except with the modification that the bail application, if filed, may now be decided on the same day. In view of the above, the present petition is disposed of with a direction that, in case, the petitioner appears before the trial Court and files his application for grant of regular bail, the same shall be considered and decided on the same day. (Nirmaljit Kaur) Judge 10.05.2010 mohan