IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No.M-5780 of 2011 Date of Decision: 25.02.2011 Gurcharan Singh ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ....Respondent CORAM : Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present:- Mr. Padam Jain, 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 482 Cr.P.C for quashing the order dated 22.03.2004 passed by Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kapurthala in case FIR No.79 dated 16.12.2002 under Sections 419/420/468/471/120-B IPC registered at Police Station Kapurthala, District Kapurthala, whereby, the petitioner had been declared as a Proclaimed Offender. It is contended that the petitioner was residing outside the Country and he has come back only on 04.12.2010. The fact remains that the FIR registered way back in the year 2002 and the matter is still pending trial on account of the absence of the present petitioner. Without going into the merits of the case, the present petition is disposed of with a direction that in case, the petitioner surrenders before the trial Court and files an application for regular bail, the same shall be decided within four days, thereafter. Disposed of as above. (NIRMALJIT KAUR) 25.02.2011 JUDGE gurpreet