KULDEEP SINGH vs STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER

PARVEEN KUMAR 2026.05.22 13:25 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this order/judgment. No order prejudicial to the rights of respondent No.2 is being proposed to be passed by this Court, thus, there is no requirement of effecting service upon her. 6. Heard. 7. In Gurbir Singh Mundi vs. State of Punjab and another CRM-M-49283-2021, decided on 16.12.2021, it was held that provisions of Section 82(2) Cr.P.C. are to be mandatorily complied with cumulatively and not alternatively. The Court had quashed the order declaring the petitioner therein as proclaimed person on the ground that declaration was not read publicly in some conspicuous place of town or village, in which the accused ordinarily resides. PARVEEN KUMAR 2026.05.22 13:25 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this order/judgment. 8. In Sonu vs. State of Haryana 2021 (1) RCR (Crl.) 319, it was held that any non-compliance in the procedure prescribed in declaring a proclaimed person, cannot be treated as an irregularity but the same renders such proceedings a nullity. 9. This Court in Satvir Singh vs. State of Punjab and another, CRM-M-27621-2025, 20.05.2025, while relying on Rohit Kumar vs. State of Delhi, 2008 Crl.