IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Appeal No. 1545-SB of 2003 Date of decision: 25th May, 2009 Dalip Singh … Appellant Versus State of Haryana … Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Mr. Namit Sharma, Advocate for the appellant. Mr. S.S. Kharb, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana for the State. KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J. (ORAL) Present appeal has been filed by Dalip Singh son of Tota Ram. He was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Panipat under Section 20 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for ten years and to pay fine of Rs.1.00 lakh. In the present case, report was called from the Superintendent Jail. Superintendent, Central Jail, Ambala has sent his report, in which it has been stated that on 1st June, 2004 appellant was released for four weeks parole. Appellant had to surrender before the jail authorities on 30th June, 2004 but thereafter, appellant has not surrendered. State authorities have made no attempt to recapture the convict. Appellant convict is still at large. Till the appellant surrenders, his appeal cannot be taken up for hearing. Criminal Appeal No. 1545-SB of 2003 Senior Superintendent of Police, Panipat is directed to submit periodical report to the Registrar of this Court regarding effective steps taken to arrest the appellant. Till the appellant is arrested, appeal cannot be taken up for hearing. Appeal cannot be kept pending on the board of this Court for inefficiency of the police, to arrest the accused appellant. Accordingly, present appeal is disposed off with liberty to the counsel for the appellant to renew the prayer as and when the appellant is arrested. [KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA] JUDGE May 25, 2009 rps 2