CRIMINAL MISC. M NO.17565 OF 2011 :{ 1 }: IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH DATE OF DECISION: DECEMBER 15, 2011 Ajaib Singh .....Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab ....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? PRESENT: Mr. A.P.S.Deol, Sr.Advocate with Mr. Davinder Bir Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, DAG, Punjab, for the State. **** RANJIT SINGH, J. The petitioner is father-in-law and has filed this petition for grant of regular bail in FIR No.114, dated 8.5.2010, under Sections 304B/34 IPC at Police Station City Rajpura. The State counsel, however, points out that the petitioner was declared as proclaimed offender on 15.10.2010 and has since been arrested on 11.3.2011. The CRIMINAL MISC. M NO.17565 OF 2011 :{ 2 }: petitioner is in custody for quite some time. He is nearly 60 years of age. As per counsel for the petitioner, cancellation report in this case was earlier submitted by Superintendent of Police (D). As per the State counsel, Superintendent of Police (D) now now facing a departmental action for not arresting the petitioner. That is a separate issue. This order will not have any effect on the enquiry, which is in process by Superintendent of Police (D). By now, the petitioner has remained in custody for sufficient time. Without expressing any opinion on merits, bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Patiala. The petition is accordingly disposed of. December 15, 2011 ( RANJIT SINGH ) khurmi JUDGE