CRM No. M-1463 of 2011 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM No. M-1463 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision: 20.01.2011 Gurmukh Singh ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK SINGH Present: - Mr. G.S. Dhillon, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Bhavna Gupta, DAG, Punjab. 1.Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2.Whether to be referred to the Reporters or not? 3.Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? ***** ALOK SINGH, J (ORAL) Perusal of the record reveals that petitioner is a witness in a case pursuant to FIR No.12 dated 14.6.2002 under Section 420/467/468/471/120-B of the Indian Penal Code read with Section 13(1)(d) and 13(1)(c) of the P.C. Act, Police Station Vigilance Bureau, Flying Squad, Mohali. Since petitioner failed to appear as PW before the learned trial Court, hence initially non-bailable warrants were issued against him and thereafter he was declared proclaimed offender. Petitioner, who is present in Court along with his counsel, states that since he was abroad, he could not appear before the learned trial court and he shall appear before the learned trial Court on the next date fixed and shall facilitate recording of his statement as prosecution witness. CRM No. M-1463 of 2011 (O&M) -2- Learned counsel for the petitioner states that now the next date fixed before the trial Court is 28.1.2011. Let the petitioner appear before the learned Trial Court on 28.1.2011 and his statement shall be recorded as prosecution witness and he shall not be taken in custody. In case, his statement may not be completed, trial Court shall be at liberty to fix any other date and on that next date, petitioner shall appear and facilitate recording of his statement as prosecution witness. On his appearance before the Court order dated 17.11.2010 shall stand non est. With this observation, present petition is disposed of. (Alok Singh) Judge January 20, 2011 R.S.