IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-30020 of 2011 Date of Decision 15.11.2011 Raj Kumar --Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab --Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN Present: Mr.D.S.Kahlon,Advocate, for the petitioner Mr.K.D.Sachedeva, Addl.A.G. Punjab RAKESH KUMAR JAIN,J: (Oral) This is a petition for bail pending trial in a case registered vide FIR No. 55 dated 05.4.2003, under Sections 452, 324, 341 and 323 of the IPC, at Police Station Division No.6, Jalandhar. The petitioner was declared a proclaimed offender on 30.5.2008 and is in custody from 09.3.2011. It is submitted that the petitioner stopped appearing before the Court below under the impression that the matter has been compromised between the parties. He has submitted that the petitioner is neither a previous convict nor is required in any other case. Learned counsel for the State has opposed the bail application on the ground that there is a likelihood of the petitioner to flee from justice if bail is granted to him as he was earlier declared a proclaimed offender. Keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case but CRM-M-30020 of 2011 -2- without making any observation on the merit, the present petition is allowed and the petitioner is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bail bonds with two heavy local sureties to the satisfaction of the learned trial Court. 15.11.2011 (RAKESH KUMAR JAIN) rr JUDGE