MANDEEP SINGH @ MANDIP SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

1 CRM-M-10495-2025 129 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-10495-2025 Mandeep @ Mandip Singh ….Petitioner versus State of Punjab ….Respondent Date of Decision: May 20, 2026 Date of Uploading: May 20, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Mr. Namish Sodhi, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Adhiraj Singh Thind, AAG Punjab. ***** SUMEET GOEL, J. (Oral) Present petition has been filed under Section 528 of the BNSS, 2023 seeking quashing of the impugned order dated 04.11.2023 passed by the learned JMIC, Garhshankar, whereby, the petitioner has been declared as proclaimed person, in case FIR No.55 dated 05.04.2020, registered under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, at Police Station Division Garshankar, 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 person, is wholly illegal, arbitrary, and unsustainable in the eyes of law. Learned counsel has submitted that earlier the petitioner was granted concession of bail by the trial Court, vide order dated 02.04.2021 (Annexure P-2). Learned c