GURJOT SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

1 CRM-M-72879-2025 (O&M) 139 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-72879-2025 Gurjot Singh ….Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another ….Respondents Date of Decision: May 19, 2026 Date of Uploading: May 19, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Mr. Arun Takhi Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Adhiraj Singh Thind, AAG Punjab. Mr. Himanshu Chhabra, 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 06.04.2019 (Annexure P-5) passed by the learned JMIC, Jalandhar, whereby, the petitioner has been declared as proclaimed offender, in case FIR No.206 dated 17.08.2017, registered under Sections 324, 323, 307, 186, 148 and 149 of the IPC, 1860, at Police Station Adampur, District Jalandhar Rural, along with all 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. It has been submitted that at the relevant time, the petitioner was not resi