Panchkula, March 27 -- A Panchkula court has dismissed the anticipatory bail of an accused who filed the bail application 10 years after he was declared as proclaimed offender (PO) in a cheating case.

Referring to a 2012 Supreme Court judgment, the court of sessions judge Ved Parkash Sirohi held that it was settled law that where the accused had been declared a proclaimed person, there was no question of granting anticipatory bail. The apex court had taken a similar view in another case in October 2021.

Accused Sandeep Sharma, alias Amandeep Sharma, hailing from Dehradun, Uttarakhand, was first summoned by a Kalka court in connection with a complaint case under Sections 420 and 120-B of IPC, vide order dated July 7, 2012.

Sharma was re...