ORDER

10.12.2024 Heard Mr. A. Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. S. H.

Borah, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State respondent.

This application is filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, praying for the quashing of the Order dated 03.10.2024, passed by the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nagaon, in PRC Case No. 1776/2015, wherein, P & A was issued against the petitioner, declaring him a proclaimed offender.

It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr. Sharma, that the present petitioner was granted bail by the learned Trial Court on 08.09.2022, after the filing of the charge-sheet. Thereafter, in order to earn his livelihood, he moved to Secunderabad. He further submits that neither his engaged counsel nor his family members informed him about the issuance of warrant against him, and hence, he was not aware of the pendency of the case or the issuance of the warrant. After returning from Secunderabad, he only came to know that the learned Trial Court had declared him an absconder. He further submits that the present petitioner is still ready and willing to appear before the learned Tri