IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH ***** CRM-M-16866 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision:21.07.2011 Satnam Singh (Now confined in District Jail, Kapurthala, Punjab) . . .Petitioner Versus State of Punjab . . . Respondent ***** CORAM: HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN ***** Present: Mr.B.S. Walia, Advocate, for the petitioner. ***** RAKESH KUMAR JAIN, J (ORAL) This is a petition for bail in a pending trial case registered vide FIR No.136 dated 31.08.2005 under Sections 364, 420 & 406 of the Indian Penal Code (for short ‘IPC’) read with Section 24 of Immigration Act, Police Station Subhanpur. The petitioner had applied for bail before the Court below which has been dismissed on the ground that he had been declared proclaimed offender as he remained absent for a period of about four years and also on the ground that there is also a likelihood of his absconding again if released on bail. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that the petitioner is in custody from the last 8 months and charges have not yet been framed. Keeping in view the conduct of the petitioner and the allegations against him, I do not find it to be a fit case for grant of bail. Hence the petition is hereby dismissed. (RAKESH KUMAR JAIN) JULY 21, 2011 JUDGE Vivek