IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.Misc.No.M-25933 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision : 26.8.2011 Bhupinder Singh ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MAHESH GROVER .... Present: Mr.Sunil Chadha, Advocate for the petitioner. ..... MAHESH GROVER, J. The petitioner is a proclaimed offender. He prays for quashing of FIR No.204 dated 12.11.2003 registered at P.S.Bholath, Distt. Kapurthala under Sections 323, 324, 325, 34 IPC on the ground that earlier the matter had been compromised between the parties and that there was a cross-version. It is stated that the co-accused of the petitioner has since been acquitted. On due consideration of the matter, I am of the opinion that the petitioner cannot be granted the prayer which he has made in the instant petition. He is a proclaimed offender and is a fugitive from law. At this stage, learned counsel for the petitioner contends that he is willing to submit himself to the jurisdiction of the learned trial Court in the eventuality of some indulgence being shown to him Crl.Misc.No.M-25933 of 2011 (O&M) -2- keeping in view the fact that there is some material to show that the parties had earlier settled the matter and further that the co-accused of the petitioner has been acquitted. After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the instant petition with a direction that in the eventuality of the petitioner submitting himself to the jurisdiction of the learned trial Court on or before 13.10.2011 and making a prayer for his release on bail, the same shall be considered and disposed of within a period of one day. The trial Court shall also obviously keep in mind the magnitude of the offence and surrounding mitigating circumstances of the co-accused having been acquitted and the parties having settled the matter. Since the petitioner is residing abroad, in order to enable him to submit himself to the jurisdiction of the learned trial Court, he shall be released on bail to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer as a measure of transit facilitation and shall not be arrested. Disposed of accordingly. 26.8.2011 (MAHESH GROVER) JUDGE dss