P&H: Quashes Proclaimed-Person Order Over Defective Proclamation Process
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has set aside an order declaring Kuldeep Singh a proclaimed person, finding that the Magistrate’s order did not record the required satisfaction that Singh had absconded or was concealing himself to prevent execution of an arrest warrant. The Court also found defects in the proclamation process.
Singh had sought to quash the 2012 order in a case arising from an FIR registered under Sections 323, 324 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code. He argued that he had not been informed about the case and that the mandatory procedure for issuing and publishing a...
