Crl. Misc. No.M-5366 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No.M-5366 of 2011 Date of Decision: 23.02.2011 Inderjit Singh ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM : Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present:- Mr. K.D.S. Sodhi, 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 order dated 18.09.2006, vide which, the petitioner was declared proclaimed offender in case FIR No.94 dated 12.04.2006 registered at Police Station Division No.4 under Sections 420, 465, 468, 471 and 120-B IPC. It is contended that the FIR was registered when the petitioner was residing abroad. This fact was also in the knowledge of respondent No.2/complainant. It is an admitted position that the petitioner was not in India at the time of registration of FIR. As such, he was not able to appear before the trial Court. It is further stated that all the other co-accused of the petitioner have since been acquitted. However, without going into the merit but taking into account the fact that the petitioner was not in India at the time of registration of FIR, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to the trial Court that in Crl. Misc. No.M-5366 of 2011 2 case, the petitioner surrenders before it within one month from today and files an application for regular bail, the same shall be considered within two days thereafter. The P.O proceedings shall remain stayed, meanwhile. However, the said order is operative only for one month from today or till the petitioner surrenders whichever is earlier. (NIRMALJIT KAUR) 23.02.2011 JUDGE gurpreet