CRM-M/54713/2021 of ANJU BALA Vs STATE OF PUNJAB on 31 December 2021

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANAAT CHANDIGARH

(102) CRM-M-54713-2021Date of decision: 31.12.2021

Anju Bala.PetitionerVersusState of Punjab...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUVIR SEHGAL

Present:- Mr. Raj Kumar Arya, Advocate for the petitioner SUVIR SEHGAL, J. (Oral)

Instant petition has been filed under Section 438 of the Code ofCriminal Procedure, 1973 for grant of anticipatory bail in case CIS No. N.I.Act/121/2016 dated 26.02.2016 titled “Baljinder Singh Versus Anju Bala”filed before Ld. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pathankot.

Counsel for the petitioner has been heard.

A perusal of the paper book shows that the petitioner has beendeclared as a proclaimed person on 23.08.2018. Apparently, there is nochallenge to the said order instead of the petitioner has approached thisCourt by invoking Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.Hon'ble Supreme Court in Prem Shankar Prasad Versus The State ofBthar and another, 2021 SCC Online Supreme Court 955, has held that aperson, who has been declared as an absconder or _ proclaimoffender/person is not entitled to the discretionary relief of anticipatory bail.Petition 1s dismissed.

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