IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-37816-2025 Date of decision: 23.09.2025 PURAN SINGH ….Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL Present:- Mr. Gangvir Singh Gill, Advocate for the petitioner.

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RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL, J. (ORAL)

1. The present petition has been preferred under Section 482 Cr.P.C., for quashing of the impugned order dated 16.12.2023 (Annexure P-8), whereby the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Samrala, District Ludhiana has declared the petitioner as a proclaimed person.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that DDR No.0018 dated 15.03.2020 u/s 323, 324, 201 and 34 IPC was registered at P.S. Machiwara, District Khanna in case FIR bearing No.0026 dated 15.02.2020 under Sections 323, 324 and 34 IPC at P.S. Machiwara, District Khanna.

3. He further argued that petitioner was never served with any notice/warrant. The impugned order has been passed on the basis of statement of serving official. Whereas as per Annexure P-7, statement of ASI, it is amply clear that he never read the proclamation in public and as such requirements of section 82 Cr.P.C. (section 84 BNSS) were not complied