KAWALJEET SINGH @ JOTA vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-28704-2026 1 141 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-28704-2026 Date of decision : 20.05.2026 Kawaljeet Singh @ Jota .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab .... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ *** Present :- Mr. Gurmanpreet Singh, Advocate for Mr. Naveen Bawa, Advocate for the petitioner. *** RAJESH BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral) 1. Prayer in the present petition is for quashing of order dated 29.07.2024 passed by learned SDJM, Baba Bakala Sahib, District Amritsar in case FIR No.54 dated 08.08.2023, under Sections 302, 120-B, 506 of IPC and Sections 25 & 27 of the Arms Act, 1959 (Section 379-B of IPC added later on) at Police Station Mehta, District Amritsar vide which the petitioner has been declared as proclaimed offender without complying with the mandatory provisions envisaged under Section 82 Cr.P.C. along with subsequent proceedings arising therefrom. 2. It has been contended by counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner was unaware that he has been arrayed as accused in the FIR in question on the basis of the supplementary statement of the complainant which was recorded after registration of the FIR. He has submitted that an appl