In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh ...... Criminal Misc. No.M-23975 of 2010 ..... Date of decision:18.1.2011 Sukh Ram .....Petitioner v. State of Punjab and another .....Respondents .... Present: Mr. H.K. Aurora, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. V.P.S. Sidhu, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab for the respondent No.1-State. None for respondent No.2. ..... S.S. Saron, J. As per office report, service on the respondents is complete. However, no one has put in appearance for respondent No.2. The petitioner is a Class-IV employee and a Cobbler in the Punjab Police. He has been issued an identity card (Annexure-P.2) by the Police Recruits Training Centre, Jahan Kalan. The petitioner, it is submitted, had been regularly attending the office. However, he was not served in the complaint (Annexure-P.1) filed by Sukhdev Singh (respondent No.2) alleging commission of an offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. In consequence of the interim bail granted on 13.9.2010, the petitioner, it is submitted, had put in appearance before the Judicial Magistrate Ist Class (Duty), Hoshiarpur on 20.9.2010. A copy of the order dated 20.9.2010 passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class (D) has Cr. Misc. No.M-23975 of 2010 [2] been filed. The petitioner has been admitted to bail on his furnishing personal bond in the sum of `50,000/- with one surety in the like amount. Necessary bail bonds were furnished which have been accepted and attested. Keeping in view the fact that the petitioner has appeared before the trial Court and furnished his bail bonds, the interim bail granted on 13.9.2010 is made absolute. The criminal miscellaneous petition stands disposed of. January 18, 2011. (S.S. Saron) Judge *hsp*