RAJIV KUMAR vs STATE OF PUNJAB

1 CRM-M-11955-2026 141 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-11955-2026 Rajiv Kumar ….Petitioner versus State of Punjab ….Respondent Date of Decision: May 14, 2026 Date of Uploading: May 15, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Mr. A.S. Khosa, 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 25.04.2022 (Annexure P-5) passed by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hoshiarpur, whereby, the petitioner has been declared as proclaimed offender, in case FIR No.152 dated 20.06.2020, registered under Sections 323, 324, 34 of the IPC, 1860 (Section 326 of IPC added later on), at Police Station Model Town, District Hoshiarpur. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has contended that the impugned order, whereby the petitioner has been declared a proclaimed offender, is wholly illegal, arbitrary, and unsustainable in the eyes of law. Learned counsel has submitted that the FIR in question was registered on 20.06.2020, but the police never arrested or given any notice to the petitioner, and thereaft