Crl. Misc. No. M-35713 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Case No. : Crl. Misc. No. M-35713 of 2011 Date of Decision : November 28, 2011 Gurpreet Kaur .... Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab .... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE L. N. MITTAL * * * Present : Mr. C. L. Verma, Advocate for the petitioner. * * * L. N. MITTAL, J. (Oral) : Accused Gurpreet Kaur has filed this petition for anticipatory bail in case FIR No.133 dated 01.07.2008, under Section 18 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (in short – the Act) registered at Police Station Sadar, District Ludhiana. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the case file. The petitioner was on bail in this case, but she jumped bail and absented from the trial court on 30.11.2010 i.e. a year ago. During this period, her presence could not be secured by the trial court in spite of Crl. Misc. No. M-35713 of 2011 2 warrants issued against her. Counsel for the petitioner vehemently contended the petitioner was involved in another FIR dated 18.07.2010, in which she has now been found to be innocent and on account of that other FIR, the petitioner did not appear in the trial court in this case because of fear of arrest in the said other FIR. The contention cannot be accepted. There was no occasion for the petitioner to have absented from the trial court in this case merely because some other FIR had also been registered against her. Even otherwise, there is no material on record to depict that the petitioner has been found innocent in said other case and if so, when. Be that as it may, absence of the petitioner from the trial court for one year is wholly unjustified. She has abused the concession of bail, which was extended to her in this case. No justification for extending concession of anticipatory bail to her is made out. Dismissed. November 28, 2011 ( L. N. MITTAL ) monika JUDGE