IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANAAT CHANDIGARH Dilmick Lamba ….Petitioner versus State of Punjab ….Respondent Date of decision: December 19, 2025 Date of Uploading: December 19, 2025 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Mr. Rahul Bhargava, Advocate and Ms. Tamanna Singla, 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 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short ‘Cr. P.C.’), seeking setting aside/ quashing of the impugned order dated 18.11.2016 (Annexure P-2) passed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mohali, whereby, the petitioner was declared as proclaimed person/ absconder, in the trial arising out of FIR No.15 dated 23.01.2014, under Sections 406 & 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short ‘IPC’), registered at Police Station Phase-1, SAS Nagar as well as all the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has iterated that the impugned order, whereby the petitioner has been declared a proclaimed person, is wholly illegal, arbitrary, and unsustainable in the eyes of law. Learned counsel has further iterated that the petitio