IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-1814 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision: 21st January, 2009 Amarjit Singh … Petitioner Versus State of Punjab … Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Mr. Vipul Dharmani, Advocate for the petitioner. KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J. (ORAL) Criminal Misc. No. 3287 of 2009 Application is allowed. Documents are taken on record. Criminal Misc. No. M-1814 of 2009 In para 6 of the impugned order, Additional Sessions Judge, Ropar has observed as under: “6. The present case was registered against the accused-applicant on the allegations of escaping from judicial custody in two cases registered at Police Station Nur Pur Bedi at the instance of C-Pawan Kumar. In this case the challan was presented in the learned trial Court on 30.4.2004. The accused-applicant Amarjit Singh was released on bail. The accused0applicant Amarjit Singh absented himself from the learned trial Court on 9.12.2005 and his bail bonds and surety bonds were cancelled and forfeited to the State and he was ordered to be summoned through non-bailable warrants of arrest. Thereafter, the accused-applicant Amarjit Singh was again released on bail and thereafter the accused-applicant absented himself from the learned trial Court on 15.9.2007 and his bail bonds and surety bonds were cancelled and Criminal Misc. No. M-1814 of 2009 (O&M) forfeited to the State and he was ordered to be summoned through arrest warrants. Thereafter, he was again released on bail and finally on 27.10.2008 he again absented from the Court of Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Anandpur Sahib and accordingly, his bail bonds and surety bonds were cancelled and forfeited to the State. The above noted previous conduct of the accused-applicant shows that accused-applicant is in the habit of mis-using the concession of bail by absenting himself from the learned trial Court. No application for seeking exemption of personal appearance of the accused-applicant was titled in the Court of Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Anandpur Sahib on 27.10.2008.” The conduct of the petitioner to jump bail and abscond on various occasions disentitles him from grant of pre-arrest bail. Petitioner may apply for regular bail. Accordingly, present petition is dismissed. [KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA] JUDGE January 21, 2009 rps 2