In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh ...... Criminal Misc. No.M-3133 of 2010 ..... Date of decision:23.2.2010 Darshan Singh .....Petitioner v. State of Punjab .....Respondent .... Present: Mr. Amandeep Singh Manaise, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shilesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab for the respondent-State. ..... S.S. Saron, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties. The petitioner was earlier granted bail in a case registered against him for the offences under Sections 452, 326, 325, 324, 323, 148 and 149 IPC. During the trial of the said case, the petitioner did not put in appearance before the trial Court on 27.8.2009. Therefore, the learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Pathankot vide order dated 27.8.2009 (Annexure-P.4) cancelled the personal bond and surety bond of the petitioner and forfeited the same to the State. The petitioner was ordered to be summoned through non-bailable warrants of arrest. Notice was also given to the sureties. The petitioner, it is submitted, had met with an accident on 29.5.2009 and he was operated upon on the said date. Thereafter, he was again operated upon on 8.6.2009. Besides, he had been going to the hospital for follow-up visits. In terms of the medical certificate dated Cr. Misc. No.M-3133 of 2010 [2] 27.7.2009 (Annexure-P.3), the petitioner was advised bed rest from 29.5.2009 to 28.11.2009. It is submitted that in the said circumstances, the petitioner could not appear on 27.8.2009. In terms of order dated 11.2.2010 passed by this Court, the petitioner was ordered to appear before the trial Magistrate, however, in the event of his arrest, it was ordered that he be admitted to bail. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted a certified copy of the order dated 17.2.2010 whereby he has been ordered to be released on interim bail on his furnishing personal bond in the sum of Rs.50,000/- with one surety in the like amount. The requisite bail bond and surety bonds have been furnished which have been accepted and attested. The petitioner has been directed to appear on 6.3.2010, the date already fixed in the case. In the circumstances, the interim bail granted on 11.2.2010 is made absolute. The petitioner shall file necessary bail bonds for keeping the bonds operative during the pendency of the trial and shall also file an undertaking before the learned trial Court that he shall in future not absent himself from the trial of the case except with the prior permission of the Court. The criminal miscellaneous petition stands disposed of. February 23, 2010. (S.S. Saron) Judge *hsp*