Crl. Misc. No. M-16969 of 2009 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-16969 of 2009 Date of decision: 29.7.2009 Madan Lal ... Petitioner v. State of Haryana .. Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Rakesh Nehra, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Ritu Punj, Deputy Advocate General, Haryana. .. Rajesh Bindal J. On 1.7.2009, while issuing notice of motion, this Court passed the following order: “Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was named as one of the co-accused by the other accused Bharat Singh in FIR No. 233 dated 29.11.2008. The anticipatory bail application filed by the petitioner was rejected on March 27, 2009. Immediately thereafter on March 31, 2009, the petitioner was declared proclaimed offender. In fact after declining of prayer for anticipatory bail, the petitioner filed a petition before this Court where his prayer was partly accepted vide order dated April 23, 2009 and the petitioner was directed to surrender before the trial court, who was directed to decide the bail application within one week. After surrender of the petitioner he was released on regular bail on May 2, 2009. It was subsequently thereto that FIR No. 112 under Section 174-A IPC was registered against the petitioner on June 2, 2009 with the allegation that the petitioner had failed to appear before the court and was declared proclaimed offender whereas the fact remains that after the rejection of anticipatory bail application by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, the petitioner was availing his remedy before this Court.” Learned counsel for the State submits that the petitioner has joined Crl. Misc. No. M-16969 of 2009 [2] the investigation and after conclusion thereof, even the challan has also been presented. In view of the aforesaid development, the petitioner may now appear before the learned court below on the date already fixed, i.e., 20.8.2009 and furnish his regular bail bonds. The petition stands disposed of. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge 29.7.2009 mk