IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-28650 of 2011 Date of Decision 03.11.2011 Amarjit Singh --Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab --Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN Present: Mr.R.P.Singh,Advocate,for the petitioner Mr.A.S.Rai, DAG, Punjab RAKESH KUMAR JAIN,J: (Oral) This is a petition for bail pending trial in a case registered vide FIR No.144 dated 14.11.1997 under Sections 279,337,338, 427 &304-A of the IPC at Police Station, Sahnewal, District Ludhiana, in which the FIR was registered as far back as in the year 1997. The petitioner was declared a proclaimed offender in 2007. He surrendered on 09.6.2011. Thereafter, he had applied for bail but the Court below declined the bail on the ground that there is a likelihood of his absconding and misusing the concession of bail as his antecedents in this regard are doubted by the Court. Learned counsel for the petitioner tried to convince the Court and argued that the petitioner would not misuse the concession of bail and in the alternative, he prays that the Court may be directed to expedite the trial of this case. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties but without CRM-M-28650 of 2011 -2- making any observations on the merits of the case, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to the learned trial Court to decide the case by giving short adjournments as it pertains to the year 1997. 03.11.2011 (RAKESH KUMAR JAIN) rr JUDGE