In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh Crl. Misc. No. M-30266 of 2011(O&M) Date of Decision: October 20, 2011 Harminder Singh ---Petitioner versus State of Punjab ---Respondent Coram: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GURDEV SINGH *** Present: Mr. JBS Gill, Advocate, for the petitioner *** Gurdev Singh, J. Heard. The petitioner, Harminder Singh, has filed his petition under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for the grant of bail for offences under Sections 148, 307, 506, 427, 511, 324, 149 IPC and Section 25 of the Arms Act, 1959, in respect of which FIR No. 54 dated 19.5.1999 was registered in Police Station Hariana District Hoshiarpur and for which he is standing his trial before the trial court. According to the counsel for the petitioner himself, after the petitioner was summoned as additional accused, the charge was duly framed against him for the aforesaid offences and thereafter, he absented himself from the court and was declared as Proclaimed Offender in the year 2009. According to him, the matter has since been compromised between the parties and as such the petitioner is entitled to the benefit of bail. Crl. Misc. No. M-30266 of 2011(O&M) -2- After having been declared as a Proclaimed Offender and having remained absent from the court for such a long period, I do not think that the petitioner is entitled to the benefit of bail. If there is any such compromise between the parties, they can resort to the appropriate remedy. The bail cannot be granted on the basis of such a compromise. Dismissed. (GURDEV SINGH) JUDGE October 20, 2011 PARAMJIT