IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Ankit ….Petitioner versus State of U.T., Chandigarh ….Respondent Date of Decision: February 09, 2026 Date of Uploading: February 09, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Ms. Meenakshi Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Narender Kumar Vashist, Additional Public Prosecutor U.T., Chandigarh assisted by ASI Anoop Singh Virk.

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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 the impugned order dated 08.08.2025 passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Chandigarh, whereby, the petitioner was declared as proclaimed person, in case arising out of FIR No.367 dated 18.09.2015, registered under Sections 356 and 511 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short ‘IPC’), at Police Station Sector

36, Chandigarh, as well as all the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has contended 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 argued tha