Criminal Misc. No. 62989 of 2010 and Criminal Misc. No.M- 5475 OF 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. 62989 of 2010 and Criminal Misc. No.M- 5475 OF 2010 Date of decision:13th January, 2011 N.K.Oswal .......Petitioner Versus M/s Punjab Ware Housing Corporation ........Respondent BEFORE: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NIRMALJIT KAUR Present: Mr. Kulbir Dalal, Advocate and Mr. Puneet Bassi, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Naresh Jain, Advocate, for the respondent. 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes/No 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not?Yes/No 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Yes/No Nirmaljit Kaur, J.(Oral) Criminal Misc. No. 62989 of 2010 Allowed as prayed for. Reply by way of affidavit filed on behalf of the respondent is taken on record. Criminal Misc. No. M-5475 of 2010 Learned counsel for the petitioner has very fairly stated that he may be allowed to restrict his prayer only qua the proceedings Criminal Misc. No. 62989 of 2010 and Criminal Misc. No.M- 5475 OF 2010 2 initiated against him as a proclaimed offender and prayed that he may be allowed to withdraw the petition qua the quashing of complaint with liberty to raise all the pleas raised herein before the trial court. Accordingly, petition is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty as prayed for. Learned counsel for the respondents however, opposes the prayer qua quashing of the proclaimed offender proceedings. Heard. The petitioner was not served on the address provided. Still, proclamation was issued against him. However, he is ready and willing to appear now. Taking into account the facts of the present case as well as the fair stand by the learned counsel for the petitioner, in case, the petitioner surrenders before the trial court on or before the next date of hearing and files an application for regular bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, he shall be released on his furnishing heavy surety to the satisfaction of the trial court. The present petition is disposed of in the above terms. [NIRMALJIT KAUR] JUDGE 13th January, 2011 Shivani Kaushik