PARVESH WALIA vs STATE OF UNION TERROTORY CHANDIGARH AND ANOTHER

CRM-M-28412-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 129 CRM-M-28412-2026 Date of Decision: 19.05.2026 PARVESH WALIA .....PETITIONER VERSUS STATE OF UNION TERROTORY CHANDIGARH AND ANOTHER ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE H.S.GREWAL Present: Mr. Sunil Kumar, Advocate for the petitioner. **** H.S. GREWAL, J. (ORAL) 1. This petition has been filed under Section 528 of B.N.S.S. 2023 for quashing of order dated 20.02.2019 passed by the Ld. Judicial Magistrate 1ª Class, Chandigarh in FIR No. 13 dated 13.01.2015 under Sections 452,323,506,392,34 IPC (corresponding Sections 333,115(2), 351, 309(4), 3(5) of BNS) registered at Police Station Industrial Area, Chandigarh whereby the petitioner has been declared as Proclaimed Offender and for quashing of all the consequential proceedings. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner could not appear before the learned trial Court as he remained under the impression that the matter had already been resolved and also due to lack of proper communication regarding the status of the case. As such, vide order dated 20.02.2019, the learned trial Court declared the petitioner as a proclaimed offender. H