IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 30.10.2025 Sukhbir Singh @ Monu ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Gurmohan Singh Bedi, Advocate with Mr. Pawandeep Singh, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Amit Goyal, Additional Advocate General, Punjab.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (Oral)

1. Present petition has been filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., 1973, seeking quashing of order dated 10.03.2012 (Annexure P-5) passed by the Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Batala whereby the petitioner was declared proclaimed person in case FIR No.164 dated 09.12.2006 registered under Sections 326, 452, 323, 427, 506, 148, 149 and 120-B of IPC at Police Station Shri Hargobindpur, District Batala as also all the consequential proceedings arising therefrom.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has iterated that the impugned order whereby the petitioner has been declared a proclaimed offender is wholly illegal, arbitrary and unsustainable in the eyes of law. Learned counsel has further iterated that the proclamation proceedings are vitiated as the requirement of giving mandatory notice period of 30 days as required under