Crl. Misc. No.M-14615 of 2011 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. M-14615 of 2011 Date of Decision: August 4, 2011 Deepak Kumar …..Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab and another …..Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M.S. BEDI. -.- Present:- Mr. K.D.S. Sodhi, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Arshvinder Singh, Addl.A.G., Punjab. -.- M.M.S. BEDI, J. (ORAL) Petitioner seeks the concession of pre-arrest bail in proceedings under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. On the offer given by the petitioner in the Court, he was directed to deposit a sum of ` 50000/- besides furnishing an undertaking before the trial Court that he shall pay the balance amount of ` 1 lac as the total amount of the disputed cheque is ` 1.50 lacs within a period of two months. Crl. Misc. No.M-14615 of 2011 [2] The petitioner has deposited a sum of ` 50000/- and seeks more time to comply with the undertaking to pay the balance of sum of ` 1 lac. Without interfering into the controversy whether the petitioner intends to pay the amount of the disputed cheque, in the interest of justice, it is deemed appropriate to grant the concession of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner with a direction that he will pay a sum of ` 10000/- in the shape of bank draft in the name of the complainant on next date of hearing fixed before the trial Court as cost of causing unnecessary harassment by his evasive approach by not appearing in the Court. It will be open to the respondent to take any proceedings against the petitioner on the basis of the undertaking furnished before the trial Court. Petition is allowed. The interim order dated May 12, 2011 ordering the admission of the petitioner on interim bail is hereby made absolute subject to the condition that the petitioner will deposit a sum of ` 10000/- as mentioned above. It will be open to the petitioner to pay a the balance amount of the cheque alongwith interest and seek compounding as per the judgment of the Supreme Court in Damodar S.Prabhu Vs. Syde Baba Lal H., 2010 (2) RCR (Crl.) 851. It is made clear that in case the petitioner does not deposit a sum of ` 10000/- as cost, the petitioner for pre- arrest bail will be deemed to have been dismissed. August 4, 2011 (M.M.S.BEDI) sanjay JUDGE