IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-26719 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision: October 26,2009 Darshan Kaur .. Petitioner v. State of Punjab .. Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. A. S. Gill, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. A. S. Brar, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Mr. Mandeep S. Sachdev, Advocate for the complainant. ... Rajesh Bindal J. Prayer in the petition is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner, who is accused in FIR No. 231 dated 15.11.2007, registered under Sections 406, 420, 498-A, 120-B IPC, Police Station, Adampur, District Jalandhar. Though counsel for the parties have raised arguments in detail on merits, however, one fact was not disputed by learned counsel for the petitioner that while filing the anticipatory bail application before the learned court below, the factum of petitioner's having been declared as Proclaimed Offender on 12.8.2008 was not disclosed and under the circumstances, at that stage, interim stay was granted in her favour. However, finally the application was dismissed merely on the ground of concealment of fact relying upon a judgment of this Court in Rajbir alias Lilu v. State of Haryana, 2003(4) RCR (Criminal) 773. As the factum of concealment of fact before the learned court below, while filing the application for anticipatory bail is not in dispute, as has been consistently held, such a petitioner is not entitled to consideration of her prayer on merits. Accordingly, the present petition is dismissed. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge October 26,2009 mk