IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-6898-2026 Date of decision: 09.03.2026 HARJINDER SINGH ALIAS RAJU ….Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANR. ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL Present:- Mr. Tajinder Pal Singh Makkar, Advocate for the petitioner.

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RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL, J. (ORAL)

1. The present petition has been preferred under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, assailing the impugned order dated 13.10.2025 (Annexure P-5), whereby the learned Additional Sessions Judge has declared the petitioner a proclaimed person.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that FIR No.0272 dated 30.09.2020 under Sections 364 IPC (Sections 365, 370(4), 120-B IPC added later on), was registered at P.S. City Malout, District Sri Muktsar Sahib, against the petitioner. He submits that the petitioner was granted concession of regular bail by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in the present FIR vide order dated 04.03.2024 in CRM-M-10456-2024. He submits that thereafter the petitioner was regularly appearing before the learned Trial Court on each and every date. However, the petitioner absented himself during trial from 29.08