IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No.M-36137 of 2009 Date of decision: 23.12.2009 Mrs. Balwant Kaur Gill ....Petitioner Versus Mr. Gurmeet. ...Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. D. ANAND Present: Mr. Raman Mahajan, Advocate for the petitioner S. D. ANAND, J. It is argued that the petitioner, an NRI, female aged 80 years, had been incorrectly declared a proclaimed offender. She is inclined to enter appearance and get that declaration set aside. However, she fears that she would be arrested the moment she lands in India. Notice of motion. Mr. Raman Walia, Advocate accepts notice on behalf of respondent. The petition is disposed of with a direction that petitioner may appear before the learned Trial Court on 29.1.2010 and file a plea to obtain invalidation of the impugned declaration (announcing her to be a proclaimed offender). The learned Trial Court shall notice all the contentions raised by the petitioner therein and dispose it of on that very date or soon thereafter. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of respondent has an apprehension that petitioner may not, at all, enter appearance on 29.1.2010. He has a grievance that petitioner had behaved in that fashion on an earlier occasion. Mr. Raman Mahajan, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner assures that petitioner shall enter appearance before the learned Trial Court on 29.1.2010. The petitioner shall not be arrested till 29.1.2010. Disposed of accordingly. December 23, 2009 (S. D. ANAND) Pka JUDGE