AMIT KUMAR vs STATE OF PUNJAB

2026:PHHC:070514 CRM-M-24009-2021 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 239 CRM-M-24009-2021 (O&M) Date of decision : 05.05.2026 AMIT KUMAR ... PETITIONER Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ... RESPONDENT CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H.S.GREWAL Present:- None for the petitioner. Mr. Surinderjit Singh Nahar, AAG Punjab. 2K H.S. Grewal, J.(Oral) 1. This petition has been preferred by the petitioner under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking quashing of the order dated 30.01.2020 (Annexure P-2) passed by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate-NRI in case FIR No.64 dated 17.06.2016, registered under Section 408 IPC, at Police Station Division NO.6, District Jalandhar whereby the petitioner was declared proclaimed offender. 2. A Coordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 24.07.2024 had passed the following order:- “Present application has been preferred under Section 528 Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short 'BNNS') for preponing the date of hearing in the main petition i.e. CRM-M-24009-2021, which is fixed for 24.10.2024 with further prayer for granting another opportunity to appear in the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (NRI cases), Jalandhar. Vide order dated 2