Crl. Misc No. M 4231 OF 2011 ****** Manmohan Singh vs State of Punjab and another Present : Mr. Gurnam Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. ******* The petitioner seeks grant of anticipatory bail in case FIR No.46, dated 28.5.1993, registered under Section 302/34 of the IPC, at Police Station Sadar Rajpura, District Patiala. Counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner was declared proclaimed offender only because he had left the country on 24.5.1993 i.e before the case was registered. He further states that out of the other three co-accused, two have been acquitted and one has been convicted under Section 325 of the IPC. He further states that the petitioner now wants to come back to the country and has full intention to surrender but that in view of the circumstances mentioned above, a direction should be issued that his bail application be decided expeditiously. In my opinion, in case the averments made by counsel for the petitioner are correct, then the request made cannot be termed to be unfair. Consequently, this petition is disposed of with a direction that in case the petitioner surrenders before the trial Court on or before 1.3.2011, his bail application shall be considered and decided on merits within three days. ( AJAY TEWARI ) February 10, 2011. JUDGE `kk'