Criminal Misc. No. M-29417 of 2011 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-29417 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision: 12.10.2011. Gurmail Singh ..Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ..Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. Rajinder Mahajan, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. J.S. Bhullar, A.A.G., Punjab, for the respondent – State. NAWAB SINGH, J. (ORAL) By filing this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, petitioner seeks quashing of order dated September 19th, 2011 passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Gurdaspur (Annexure P-1), whereby, application filed by him for exemption from personal appearance was dismissed and warrants of arrest were issued against him. 2. On September 29th, 2011, this Court passed the following order: - “xxx xxx xxx Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that petitioner is 65 years old. He could not appear in the trial Court on September 19th, 2011 due to sickness. He also filed the medical certificate (Annexure P5) to show that he was advised bed rest. Case was fixed for the presence of co-accused of the petitioner on that day. Notice of motion for 12.10.2011. Meanwhile, petitioner shall appear before the trial Court on or before October 5th, 2011 and move an application for bail and trial Court shall Criminal Misc. No. M-29417 of 2011 (O&M) 2 admit him to bail to its satisfaction till further orders. xxx xxx xxx” 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has stated that pursuant to the aforesaid order, petitioner has appeared before the trial Court and admitted to bail, a fact which has not been refuted by learned State counsel. 4. In view of this, petition has become infructuous and is dismissed as such. 5. Disposed of accordingly. 12.10.2011 (NAWAB SINGH) neetu JUDGE