IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.Misc.No.M-36641 of 2010 DATE OF DECISION: December 14, 2010 Surinder Kumar …..Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Ms.Sushma Chopra, Advocate for the petitioner .. RAJAN GUPTA, J.: (Oral) This is a petition under section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of FIR No.464 dated 11.12.2002 registered under sections 323,324,427,452,506,34 IPC at police station Nakodar, District Jalandhar. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that co-accused of the petitioner faced the trial and have been acquitted vide judgment dated 10.9.2005 (Annexure P-3). She submits that petitioner had gone abroad in 2005 due to which he was declared a proclaimed offender. Learned counsel has limited her prayer to grant of some protection in case the petitioner is allowed to surrender before the trial court and face trial. Keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case, it is directed that in case the petitioner surrenders before the trial court within one month from today and applies for bail, his plea shall be decided Crl.Misc.No.M-36641 of 2010 - 2 - within a week thereafter. Arrest of the petitioner shall remain stayed till the decision of the bail application. The trial court shall endeavour to conclude the trial expeditiously. Disposed of. December 14, 2010 ( RAJAN GUPTA ) pc JUDGE 2