IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 25.08.2025 Manoj Kumar ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Gurminder S. Salana, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Gurpartap S. Bhullar, AAG Punjab.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (Oral)

1. Present petition has been filed under Section 582 of BNS, 2023, seeking quashing of order dated 24.12.2024 (Annexure P-9), passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1^st Class, Samrala in case CIS No. CHI- 145/2016 titled as State vs. Manoj Kumar Jha in FIR No.51 dated 05.03.2015 registered under Sections 419, 420, 506 of IPC at Police Station Samrala, Police District Khanna, District Ludhiana whereby the petitioner was declared as proclaimed offender.

2. While assailing the impugned order, the learned counsel for the petitioner has iterated that the order declaring the petitioner as proclaimed offender is not sustainable and is liable to be set-aside. It has been further iterated that the Court below, in blatant violation of the provisions of the Cr.P.C., 1973 straightway proceeded to issue non-bailable warrants. It is further argued that no effective steps were taken in the