S. No.132 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH ****

CRM-M-53086 of 2025 (O&M)

Date of Decision:22.09.2025 Lalit Kumar .....Petitioner Vs.

Union Territory, Chandigarh and another .....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE YASHVIR SINGH RATHOR Present:- Mr. Risham Raag Singh, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Vaibhav Mittal, APP, UT, Chandigarh for the respondents.

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Yashvir Singh Rathor, J. (Oral)

1. Present petition has been instituted under Section 482 Cr.P.C/528 of BNSS, 2023 for quashing order dated 18.07.2025 (Annexure P.19) passed by learned JMIC, UT, Chandigarh, whereby the petitioner has been declared as a proclaimed person in case No.PCH/1985/2022 titled ‘State of UT Chandigarh Vs. Lalit Kumar etc. in case FIR No.21 dated 11.02.2022 registered under Sections 279 and 427 IPC at Police Station Mani Majra, Chandigarh and all the consequential proceedings arising therefrom.

2. Upon notice, the Counsel for UT, has appeared. Learned counsel for the parties have been heard and material placed on the file has been perused.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner argued that petitioner has been wrongly declared as a proclaimed person. He never received any summons/

warrants