CRM-M No. 16267 of 2011 **** Amit Kumar vs. State of Punjab Present: Mr. Naveen Sharma, Advocate for Mr. K.S.Sidhu, Advocate for the petitioner. **** This is a petition for anticipatory bail filed in case bearing FIR No. 24 3dated 09.08.2008, under Section 135 of Electricity Theft Act, 2003 registered at Police Station Jodhewal, District Ludhiana. Learned counsel states that the petitioner has been regularly appearing in the case since 2008. On 06.05.2011 he was admitted in t he hospital and by the time he informed his counsel and the counsel moved an application for exemption, n on-bailable warrants had already been issued. As per learned counsel this is a clearly unintentional omission. Thus the petitioner should not be put through the agony of arrest. In my opinion the interest of justice would be met if this petition is dismissed with a direction to the petitioner to appear before the trial Court and move an application for regular bail. In case the averments made are correct, the trial Court shall sympathetically consider the same and decide the application on the same day. Petition dismissed in the above terms. ( AJAY TEWARI ) JUDGE May 25, 2011 sunita