SARAVJIT SINGH @ LOVELY vs STATE OF HARYANA

CRM-M No.13601 of 2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 160 ***** CRM-M No.13601 of 2026 Date of decision : 18.5.2026 Date of uploading : 20.05.2026 Saravjit Singh @ Lovely ………….Petitioner Versus State of Haryana …….Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Raj Kumar Bhatia, Advocate, for the petitioner (through VC) Ms. Priyanka Sadar, Senior DAG, Haryana --- SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL) 1. This petition has been filed under Section 528 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, quashing the order dated 1.7.2025 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Kaithal; and subsequent orders arising therefrom, whereby the petitioner has been declared as proclaimed offender in FIR No.16 dated 23.1.2021 under Sections 148, 149, 323, 302 IPC and Section 3(2)(v) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, registered at Police Station Guhla, District Kaithal. 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. ASHWANI KUMAR 2026.05.20 14:28 I attest to the