IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Sukhdev Singh ….Petitioner versus State of Haryana ….Respondent Date of decision: January 09, 2026 Date of Uploading: January 12, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Ms. Pooja Jaglan, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Mahima Yashpal, Senior DAG Haryana.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL)

Present petition has been filed under Section 528 of the BNSS, 2023/ Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking quashing of the impugned order dated 23.04.2024 (Annexure P-2) passed by the Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Assandh, whereby, the petitioner was declared as proclaimed person, in a case arising out of FIR No.1001 dated 11.12.2018, under Sections 341, 384, 451, 506 & 427 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short ‘IPC’), Section 4 of the Essential Service Maintenance Act and Section 5 of the Telegraph Wires (Unlawful Possession) Act, 1950, registered at Police Station Assandh, Karnal 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 u