IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-20549 of 2009 (O/M). Date of Decision : July 30, 2009. Majjal s/o Balu r/o Bisambhra District Mathura, U.P. at present confined in Distt. Jail, Gurgaon ...... Petitioner . Versus. State of Haryana. ..... Respondent . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH. Present:- Mr. Arun Singal, Advocate, for the petitioner. AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J. (ORAL). This petition has been filed by the petitioner for grant of regular bail. The bail already filed by the petitioner, is pending before the Trial Court. As per assertion made by the petitioner in the present petition, he did not come present on the date when the case was fixed before the Trial Court i.e. 10.06.2009, although, he was very much aware of the date having been fixed. The reason for his non-appearance, given by the petitioner is that he had to appear before the District Judge, Mathura, on the said date i.e. 10.06.2009 and, therefore, could not put in appearance before the Trial Court, Gurgaon. The petitioner having been fully aware of the fact that the case is fixed for 10.06.2009 before the Trial Court at Gurgaon, he neither informed his counsel nor moved an appropriate application for exemption from personal presence before the Trial Court and even no reason for his non-appearance was given before the Court. The only assertion, which has been put forth by counsel for the petitioner at this stage, is that the petitioner had himself surrendered before the Trial Court on 17.07.2009 and moved an Criminal Misc. No. M-20549 of 2009. application for grant of bail. This again is a delayed surrender as he had absented himself from 10.06.2009 and he should have appeared before the Trial Court on the very next date, which he failed to do and had appeared before the Trial Court only after expiry of one month of his absence from the Trial Court. Finding no merit in the present petition, the same stands dismissed. (AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH) JUDGE July 30, 2009. sjks. -2-