SONAM @ SONAM SISODIYA vs STATE OF PUNJAB

2026:PHHC:081232 CRM-M-27336-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 120 CRM-M-27336-2026 Date of decision: 22.05.2026 SONAM @ SONAM SISODIYA ... PETITIONER Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ... RESPONDENT CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H.S. GREWAL Present:- | Mr. Akshit Grover, Advocate for the petitioner. ae H.S. Grewal, J.(Oral) 1. This petition has been preferred by the petitioner under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023 (erstwhile Section 482 Cr.P.C.), seeking quashing of the order dated 08.09.2025 (Annexure P-34) passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate 1 Class, Dasuya, District Hoshiarpur in case FIR No.161 dated 21.09.2022, registered under Sections 379B & 120-B IPC at Police Station Dasuya, District Hoshiarpur whereby the petitioner has been declared as a proclaimed person. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the trial Court, without following the procedure prescribed under Section 82 Cr.P.C., declared the petitioner a proclaimed person vide the impugned order (Annexure P-34), which is unsustainable under the law as no publication, no announcement or affixation has been done in the present case. Learned counsel also submits that 2026:PHHC:081232 CRM-M-27336-