Crl. Misc. No.M-8860 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No.M-8860 of 2011 Date of Decision: 23.03.2011 Hakam ....Petitioner Versus State of Haryana ...Respondent CORAM : Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present:- Mr. Naresh Kaushal, Advocate for Mr. J.S. Saneta, Advocate for the petitioner. ***** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest ? ** NIRMALJIT KAUR, J. (ORAL) This is a petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C for quashing of the order dated 03.02.2011 passed by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Panipat, vide which, the petitioner has been declared proclaimed offender in FIR No.266 dated 02.12.2006 registered against the petitioner under Sections 279, 337 and 338 IPC at Police Station Sadar Panipat, District Panipat. It is contended that the petitioner was regularly appearing before the trial Court. However, he did not appear on 14.10.2009 when the case was fixed for prosecution witnesses as the subsequent date was not informed to him by his counsel. Therefore, the petitioner was declared proclaimed offender on 03.02.2011. Accordingly, no ground to set aside the order dated Crl. Misc. No.M-8860 of 2011 2 03.02.2011 passed by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Panipat is made out. Accordingly, the present petition is disposed of with the direction that in case, the petitioner surrenders before the trial Court within a period of one month from today and files an application for regular bail, the same shall be decided within four days thereafter. (NIRMALJIT KAUR) 23.03.2011 JUDGE gurpreet