Criminal Misc. No. M-20694 of 2009 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-20694 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision: 27.10.2009 Pavittar Singh alias Peeta .. Petitioner v. State of Punjab .. Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Sanjeev Pandit, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Mehardeep Singh, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. .. Rajesh Bindal J. Reply by way of affidavit of ASI Ram Singh filed today in Court is taken on record. Challenge in the present petition is to the order dated 2.6.2008 (Annexure P.6), passed by the learned court below, whereby non-bailable warrants were issued against the petitioner and further order dated 26.9.2008 (Annexure P.7), vide which the petitioner has been declared Proclaimed Offender in FIR No. 16 dated 16.1.2008, registered under Sections 452, 324, 323, 506, 427, 148 and 149 IPC read with Section 27/54/59 of the Arms Act, Police Station, Nakodar, District Jalandhar. Admittedly, earlier the petitioner had approached this Court for grant of anticipatory bail in the FIR in question. This Court, while accepting the prayer made by the petitioner, granted anticipatory bail to him on 7.4.2008. However, noticing the fact that the petitioner was NRI, he was directed to surrender his passport. The present petition has been filed now to challenge the orders issuing non-bailable warrants against him and also declaring him Proclaimed Offender. In spite of the direction by this Court to the petitioner to surrender his passport, the petitioner went to Holland on 1.5.2008 and now he has come back and prayed for setting aside of the orders issuing non-bailable warrants against him and declaring him Proclaimed Offender. The submission is that the petitioner now wants to join the proceedings. After hearing learned counsel for the petitioner, I do not find any Criminal Misc. No. M-20694 of 2009 [2] merit in the present petition. It is a case where the petitioner had mis-used the concession of anticipatory bail granted to him earlier, as in spite of the fact that he was specifically directed to surrender his passport, he did not do so and went to Holland. Therefore, I do not find any reason to set aside the orders issuing non- bailable warrants against the petitioner and also declaring him Proclaimed Offender. Accordingly, the present petition is dismissed. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge 27.10.2009 mk