CRM No. M-14338 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CRM No. M-14338 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision: 10.9.2009 Balbir ...Petitioner Versus The State of Haryana ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Rahul Vats, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Tarun Aggarwal, Senior DAG, Haryana. Rajan Gupta, J (oral). This is a petition for pre-arrest bail in a case registered against the petitioner under Sections 498-A, 304-B and 201 read with Section 34 IPC at Police Station Satnali, District Mahendergarh, vide FIR No.97 dated 17th August, 2008. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that petitioner is husband of real sister of the main accused. According to the counsel, the petitioner had no role to play in the commission of the alleged crime. He, therefore, deserves the concession of anticipatory bail. Learned counsel for the State (on the instructions from ASI Hanuman, who is present in Court) has, however, opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that the petitioner is a proclaimed offender. He has evaded the process of law for a fairly long time and thus, he does not CRM No. M-14338 of 2009 2 deserve the concession of anticipatory bail. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and given careful thought to the facts of the case. It appears that the FIR in this case was registered on 17th August, 2008. The petitioner moved the court of Sessions for the first time in April, 2009 for grant of pre-arrest bail. He kept on evading the process of law for a fairly long time. In the meanwhile trial proceeded and all the prosecution witnesses are stated to have been examined. Under the circumstances, I do not find it a fit case for grant of concession of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. The petition is hereby dismissed. (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE September 10, 2009 'rajpal'