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298 CRM-M-14274-2024 (O&M)

Date of decision:25.03.2026 Kiran Upadhyay @ Kiran Chaturvedi

....Petitioner Versus

State of Punjab ...Respondent

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Present : Mr. Naveen Bawa, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Iqbalpreet Singh, AAG, Punjab

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1. Prayer made in the present petition for quashing the impugned order dated 30.09.2023, Annexure P46, passed by learned Judicial Magistrate 1^st Class, Ludhiana, in case FIR No.0339 dated 29.11.2018 registered under Section 506 IPC and Section 67 of Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008, at Police Station Jodhewal, District Ludhiana, vide which the petitioner

was declared as proclaimed person.

2. Learned counsel submits that the petitioner was granted anticipatory bail by this Court in CRM4M410407 of 2019 vide order dated 06.05.2019, which was made absolute on 25.09.2019, Annexure P43, as the matter had been compromised, vide Annexure P44. An application was also submitted for cancellation of FIR by the complainant Lekhraj @ Shehzada Raj. Alongwith the said application, affidavit dated 28.01.2020 in this regard was also sworn in. Thereafter, the petitioner did not appear before the trial Court, however challan was presented in his absence on 16.09.2020. When the

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proclamation proceedings were initiated wherein the residential address of the petitioner was given as H. No.9, Gali No.1, N Black, Uldhanpur, Panchsheel Garden, Naveen Shadrra, Delhi instead of his actual address as H. No.1144A, Mohalla New Vividh Nagar, Sarsawa, Sarwawan Dehat, Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, for which reliance is placed on driving license and copy of passport, Annexure P48. As a matter of fact, at the time of joining of investigation, the investigating officer had also taken copy of Aadhar card of the petitioner which also depicted the above address. There is no basis of recording that finding that the petitioner was absconding or evading arrest. He has been declared proclaimed person vide order dated 30.09.2023 without complying the procedure of Section 82 of Cr.P.C. in letter and spirit. He is ready and willing to join the proceedings and prays that one last opportunity may be granted to him to surrender before the trial Court, even if the same is subject to costs. Reliance is placed on the judgment of this Court in ti(cid:30)(cid:31) !"(cid:3)(cid:8)"#$"(cid:30)%(cid:3)&!(cid:24)(cid:3)ti(cid:31)(cid:30)(cid:31)’(cid:3)#((cid:3)(cid:13)$%)(cid:30)*

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3. Learned State counsel submits that the order passed against the petitioner is legal and valid on account of the fact that he had absented from the

proceedings before the trial Court without any just cause.

4. Heard.

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