IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No.M-33684 of 2009 Date of decision:09.12.2009. Prabhu Dayal ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE S.D.ANAND. Present: Mr. Rakesh Mohan Jain, Advocate, for the petitioner. ***** S.D.ANAND, J. On the asking of the Court, Mr. Arshvinder Singh, DAG, Punjab accepts notice on behalf of the State. The learned counsel for the petitioner states that, as per his instructions, the petitioner never ever came to be served with any notice for appearance in the case and the fact of pendency of the complaint came to his notice only on 20.10.2009. This petition, the argument proceeds, came to be filed immediately thereafter. In the light thereof, this petition is disposed of with a direction that the petitioner shall state all these facts in a bail plea before the learned Trial Court, which shall deal with each and every contention raised in the course thereof and, then, adjudicate upon the grievance that the proceedings declaring the petitioner a proclaimed offender were invalid from its very inception. On a plea, for the purpose aforementioned, being filed on 14.12.2009, it shall be disposed of within one week of the filing thereof. The petitioner shall not be arrested till the disposal of that plea. If that plea finds favour in the learned Trial Court, the petitioner shall obviously be not arrested and if the orders are otherwise, the law shall take its own course. Disposed of accordingly. December 09, 2009 (S.D.ANAND) vinod* JUDGE