IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-10162 of 2009 Date of decision: 8th May, 2009 Ravi Gupta @ Lucky … Petitioner Versus State of Punjab … Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Mr. Amandeep S. Manaise, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Mehardeep Singh, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab for the State. KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J. (ORAL) Present petition has been filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C. seeking grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No. 99 dated 07.07.2006 registered at Police Station City Gurdaspur under Sections 407, 120-B IPC. On May 1, 2009, this Court had passed the following order: “Counsel for the petitioner submits that pre-arrest bail application of co-accused is pending in this Court. Counsel further submits that on same allegations case was registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation at Jammu in which cancellation report has been submitted and same has been accepted. Counsel further submits that petitioner is only a driver and alleged deficiency cannot be attributed to him. Counsel further rely upon order (Annexure P4) granting pre- arrest bail to co-accused Baljinder Singh. Issue notice of motion to learned Advocate General, Punjab, for 8.5.2009. Criminal Misc. No. M-10162 of 2009 Meanwhile, in the event of arrest, petitioner(s) shall be released on interim bail to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer. Petitioner(s) shall join investigation as and when called for. Petitioner(s) shall also abide by the conditions specified under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C.” Counsel for the State, on instructions from Surinder Singh SI has stated that petitioner was declared as Proclaimed Offender by the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gurdaspur. In view of this, no ground is made out to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioner. However, in case petitioner surrenders before the trial Court on or before 20th May, 2009, his application for regular bail shall be decided within three days, after the period of police remand is over. With these observations, present petition is disposed off. [KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA] JUDGE May 8, 2009 rps 2