IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 140 CRM-M-31968-2026 Date of Decision:-23.07.2026 HARJINDER SINGH AND OTHERS ......PETITIONERS VS. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS .....RESPONDENTS CORAM:-HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASJIT SINGH BEDI Present: Mr. Gourave Bhayyia Gilhotra, Advocate for Mr. Akash Manocha, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Adeshwar S. Pannu, AAG, Punjab. **** JASJIT SINGH BEDI, J.(ORAL) 1. The prayer in the present petition under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023 is for quashing of FIR No.9 dated 08.01.2023 under Sections 302 and 34 IPC (Now Section 103 and 3(5) of BNS, 2023) and Section 25 of Arm Act, registered at Police Station Kharar (Sadar), District SAS Nagar (Mohali). 2. At the very outset, learned Sate counsel submits that all the petitioners were declared a proclaimed offenders. 3. In view of the judgments of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in ‘Virender Prasad Singh v. Rajesh Bhardwaj’, (2010) 9 SCC 171, and of this Court in ‘Sarabjit Singh v. State of Punjab’, 2021 (4) RCR (Criminal) 87, a person who has been declared a proclaimed offender is not entitled to invoke the jurisdiction of this Court under Section 482 Cr.P.C. Accordingly, the present petition is not maintainable and is, therefore, dismissed. 4. All the pending miscellaneous applications, if any, stand disposed of. (JASJIT SINGH BEDI) 23.07.2026 JUDGE Kusum Whether speaking/reasoned Yes/No Whether reportable Yes/No KUSUM 2026.07.24 14:00 I attest to the accuracy and

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 140 CRM-M-31968-2026 Date of Decision:-23.07.2026 HARJINDER SINGH AND OTHERS ......PETITIONERS VS. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS .....RESPONDENTS CORAM:-HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASJIT SINGH BEDI Present: Mr. Gourave Bhayyia Gilhotra, Advocate for Mr. Akash Manocha, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Adeshwar S. Pannu, AAG, Punjab. **** JASJIT SINGH BEDI, J.(ORAL) 1. The prayer in the present petition under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023 is for quashing of FIR No.9 dated 08.01.2023 under Sections 302 and 34 IPC (Now Section 103 and 3(5) of BNS, 2023) and Section 25 of Arm Act, registered at Police Station Kharar (Sadar), District SAS Nagar (Mohali). 2. At the very outset, learned Sate counsel submits that all the petitioners were declared a proclaimed offenders. 3. In view of the judgments of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in ‘Virender Prasad Singh v. Rajesh Bhardwaj’, (2010) 9 SCC 171, and of this Court in ‘Sarabjit Singh v. State of Punjab’, 2021 (4) RCR (Criminal) 87, a person who has been declared a proclaimed offender is not entitled to invoke the jurisdiction of this Court under Section 482 Cr.P.C. Accordingly, the present petition is not maintainable and is, therefore, dismissed. 4. All the pending miscellaneous applications, if any, stand disposed of. (JASJIT SINGH BEDI) 23.07.2026 JUDGE Kusum Whether speaking/reasoned Yes/No Whether reportable Yes/No KUSUM 2026.07.24 14:00 I attest to the accuracy and

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