IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANAAT CHANDIGARH Atul Kumar ….Petitioner versus State of Punjab ….Respondent Date of reserve: December 09, 2025 Date of pronouncement: December 12, 2025 Judgment pronounced: Full Date of Uploading: December 12, 2025 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Mr. Akun Sheemar, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Adhiraj Singh Thind, AAG Punjab.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL)

Present petition has been filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’), seeking quashing of entire proclamation proceedings including mode and manner of issuance of warrants of arrest against the petitioner as well as setting aside of impugned order dated 06.01.2024 (Annexure P-9) passed by the learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Phillaur, whereby, the petitioner has been declared as proclaimed person, in case FIR No. 12 dated 22.01.2022, registered for commission of offence punishable under Sections 323, 324, 506 of the IPC, at Police Station Phillaur District Jalandhar Rural.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has iterated that the impugned order, whereby the petitioner has been declared a proclaimed person, is wholly ille