IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJUAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRL.M.NO. 55234-M of 2007 DATE OF ORDER:21.1.2008 Rajesh Kumar ....Petitioner Versus U.T. Chandigarh through SSP, Chandigarh. ....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. D.S. Marwaha, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Hemant Bassi, Standing counsel for U.T. Chandigarh. RAJESH BINDAL,J. The present petition is for grant of pre-arrest bail in FIR No.311 dated 2.11.2004 under Sections 420/467/468/471/120-B IPC registered at Police Station Sector 34, Chandigarh. Learned counsel for the respondent points out that the petitioner has already been declared proclaimed offender by the Judicial Magistrate Ist Class and those proceedings have not been challenged by the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that he will move an appropriate application for setting aside of the proceedings declaring him proclaimed offender as he had no knowledge of the pendency of the proceedings against him and the moment he came to know, he immediately approached the court for pre-arrest bail. He further submits that all the co- accused have already been granted bail by the court. In view of the above factual matrix the present petition is CRL.M.NO. 55234-M of 2007 -2- disposed of at this stage with liberty to the petitioner to move appropriate application before the Court below for setting aside proceedings declaring him proclaimed offender and seek bail. However, arrest of the petitioner is stayed for a period of 7 days from today and thereafter the petitioner shall abide by the order passed by the trial court. 21.1.2008 ( RAJESH BINDAL) rajeev JUDGE