AMANJOT KAUR vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER

1 CRM-M-19660-2026 144 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-19660-2026 Amanjot Kaur ….Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another ….Respondents Date of Decision: May 19, 2026 Date of Uploading: May 20, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Mr. Charanjit Singh Bakhshi, Advocate, Ms. Mallika Passi, Advocate, Mr. Gurjeet Singh Saini, Advocate, Ms. Simran Kang, Advocate and Mr. Aryan Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Adhiraj Singh Thind, AAG Punjab. Mr. Jasraj Singh, Advocate for respondent No.2. ***** SUMEET GOEL, J. (Oral) Present petition has been filed under Section 528 of the BNSS, 2023 seeking quashing of the impugned order dated 16.08.2022 passed by the learned JMIC, Hoshiarpur, whereby, the petitioner has been declared as proclaimed offender, in case FIR No.191 dated 19.11.2021, registered under Sections 306, 506, 406 and 420 of IPC (added lateron), at Police Station Hariana, District Hoshiarpur, and all consequential proceedings qua the petitioner. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has contended that the impugned order, whereby the petitioner has been declared a proclaimed offender, is wholly illegal, arbitrary, and unsustain