IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. -M No. 29211 of 2008 (O&M) Date of decision : November 14, 2008 Davinder Singh ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab ....Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pritam Pal Present : Mr. Ashok Singla, Advocate for the petitioner Pritam Pal,J. (Oral) Petitioner has brought this petition under section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for seeking anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 386 dated 26.9.2001 under sections 489-A, 489-B, 489-C IPC registered at Police Station Division No. 5 Ludhiana. After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner and perusing the record, it is made out that the petitioner is a previous convict and in the instant case also he had become absent way back in the month of December, 2002. Since then, he is absconding and escaping his arrest inspite of warrants of arrest issued against him. He is not appearing before the trial court. Not only that, a perusal of order dated 24.1.2005 passed by this Court and order dated 23.10.2008 passed by the court of Additional Sessions Judge, Ludhiana goes a long way to show that inspite of directions to appear before the trial court within a week, the petitioner did not bother to abide by the aforesaid directions. Criminal Misc. -M No. 29211 of 2008 (O&M) -2- In the given facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner does not deserve any concession of anticipatory bail from this Court. Dismissed. ( Pritam Pal ) November 14, 2008 Judge 'dalbir'