IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl.M.No.M-17463 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: July 2, 2010 Harbhajan Singh .....Petitioner v. State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAM CHAND GUPTA Present: Mr.H.S.Baath, Advocate for the petitioner. ...... RAM CHAND GUPTA, J.(Oral) The present petition filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C. is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.105, dated 9.12.1999, under Sections 452, 323, 324, 356, 457, 380, 427, 148, 149 IPC, registered at Police Station Dhakha District Ludhiana. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and have gone through the whole record carefully. Petitioner was granted relief of anticipatory bail by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Ludhiana, vide order dated 27.2.2003, Annexure P2. However, instead of appearing before learned trial Court and facing trial, petitioner went abroad without any permission from the Court and remained absconding for the last about 7 years. He was declared proclaimed offender. Hence, it is not such a case in which extraordinary relief of anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioner-accused. Hence, in view of these facts, and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the present petition filed by petitioner- Harbhajan Singh, for grant of anticipatory bail is, hereby, dismissed being devoid of any merit. Petitioner is directed to surrender before learned trial Court and apply for regular bail. 2.7.2010 (Ram Chand Gupta) meenu Judge