Crl. Misc. No.M-36166 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No.M-36166 of 2010 Date of Decision: 09.12.2010 Sunil Kumar @ Billa ....Petitioners Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM : Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present:- Mr. K.D.S. Sodhi,, Advocate for the petitioner. ***** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest ? ** NIRMALJIT KAUR, J. (ORAL) This is a petition under Section 438 Cr.P.C for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.114 dated 18.08.2007 registered at Police Station Kartarpur, District Jalandhar for offence under Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act and under Section 420 IPC. The petitioner did not appear in spite of the fact that bailable warrants were received back duly served. It is, however, contended that the other co-accused is the son of the present petitioner who has since died. The petitioner is 70% handicapped and is unable to move. Without going into the merits of the case, the interest of justice would be met by disposing of the present petition that in case, the petitioner appears before the trial Court and files an application for bail and Crl. Misc. No.M-36166 of 2010 2 also furnish bail bonds, the same shall be accepted subject to heavy surety to its satisfaction. Disposed of accordingly. (NIRMALJIT KAUR) 09.12.2010 JUDGE gurpreet