IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Arshdeep Singh Gill @ Arshdeep Singh ….Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another ….Respondents Date of reserve: February 12, 2026 Date of Pronouncement/ Decision: February 16, 2026 Date of Uploading: February 16, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Mr. S.P.S. Aulakh, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Adhiraj Singh Thind, AAG Punjab.

None for respondent No.2.

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SUMEET GOEL, J.

Present petition has been filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’), seeking setting aside of the impugned order dated 09.12.2024 (Annexure P-9) passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Samrala, in case bearing No.CHI/169/2018 titled as “State vs Daljit Singh etc.), whereby, the petitioner was declared as proclaimed person, in case arising out of FIR No.170 dated 02.10.2018, registered under Sections 295, 160, 323, 506 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short ‘IPC’), at Police Station Machhiwara, District Khanna.

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