Crl. Misc. No. M-27514 of 2010 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-27514 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: November 12, 2010 Khuswinder Singh ........Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others .......Respondents ****** CORAM : HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present : Mr. Kunal Dawar, Advocate for Mr. P.S. Paul, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Amandeep Singh Rai, AAG, Punjab. SABINA, J. Petitioner has filed this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for quashing of the order dated 22.9.2009 Proclamation Notice (Annexure P-4) and the impugned order dated 25.1.2010 (Annexure P-5) whereby the petitioner has been declared proclaimed offender in case FIR No.328 dated 21.11.2005, under Sections 447,427,506,511,148,149 of Indian Penal Code, registered at Police Station Sirhind, District Fatehgarh Sahib. At the time of issuance of notice of motion on 17.9.2010, the following order was passed by this Court :- "Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner was lodged in District Jail, Ropar from 8.8.2006 to 30.5.2007. However, no Crl. Misc. No. M-27514 of 2010 (O&M) 2 effort was made to serve the petitioner through production warrants. Petitioner thereafter started residing at Mohali but no effort was made to serve the petitioner at his residential address in Mohali. However, the petitioner has been declared a proclaimed offender vide order dated 25.1.2010. Notice of motion for 12.11.2010. In the meantime, the petitioner is directed to surrender before the trial Court and the trial Court shall release the petitioner on interim bail subject to its satisfaction.” Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that in terms of the above order the petitioner has surrendered before the trial Court and has furnished interim bail. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the interim bail furnished by the petitioner before the trial Court, in terms of the order of this Court dated 17.9.2010, is made absolute. The petition stands disposed of accordingly. (SABINA) November 12, 2010 JUDGE Anand