CRM No. M 6520 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH -- CRM No. M 6520 of 2010 Date of decision: 07.04.2010 Gurdev Singh ........ Petitioner Versus State of Punjab .......Respondent(s) Coram: Hon'ble Ms Justice Nirmaljit Kaur -.- Present: Mr. Parminderjeet Singh Khurana, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. K S Pannu, DAG, Punjab for the respondent- State Mr. B S Jaswal, Advocate for Mr. R K Girdhar, Advocate for the complainant -.- 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement? 2. To be referred to the Reporter or not? 3. Whether the judgement should be reported in the Digest? Nirmaljit Kaur, J. (Oral) The petitioner was declared as Proclaimed Offender. Subsequently, the petitioner surrendered before the trial Court. He is in custody since 04.11.2009. It is stated that the petitioner did not know about the case pending against him. He is serving with Indian Army and therefore, he was not in the village. He was never served. However, as and when he came to know about the proceedings pending against him, he appeared before the trial Court. Learned counsel for the respondent- complainant has opposed CRM No. M 6520 of 2010 2 the bail of the petitioner on the ground that once the petitioner has been declared as Proclaimed Offender, he is not entitled for the concession of bail and relied on the judgement of this Court rendered in the case of Parminder Singh Garcha v. State of Punjab reported as 2004 (1) Criminal Court Cases 428 (P&H). However, the said judgement does not help the respondent as the same is with respect to grant of anticipatory bail. This is a regular bail. Admittedly, the petitioner is in custody since November, 2009. Bail to the satisfaction of CJM, Ferozepur subject to his furnishing heavy surety. (Nirmaljit Kaur) Judge 07.04.2010 mohan