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Jagdeep Singh v. State Of Punjab

2025-07-01Mr. Justice H.S. Grewal2 pages

CRM-M-32423-2025 -1134-2 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-32423-2025 Date of decision:01.07.2025 JAGDEEP SINGH .....Petitioner

Versus

STATE OF PUNJAB .....Respondent

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H.S. GREWAL

Present:

Mr. Hitesh Ghai, Advocate for the petitioner. ***   

 1.

The present petition has been filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. 1973 seeking quashing of impugned order dated 14.09.2023 (Annexure P-9) passed by learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Payal in FIR No.69 dated 25.05.2019 under Sections 323, 324, 148, 149 and 201 IPC, 1860 cross case, as per General Diary no.12 dated 30.05.2019 (Annexure P-2) registered at Police Station Doraha, District Ludhiana whereby the petitioner has been declared as a proclaimed offender and all consequential proceedings under Section 174 Cr.P.C.

2.

Learned counsel for the petitioner states that he has been living abroad since November, 2021 and has not visited India till May, 2025. He further states that since he was abroad and was not residing at the given address, as such, notices issued under Section 82 of Cr.P.C. were not served upon the petitioner in a proper manner. He further states that co-accused of the petitioner have been acquitted in the main case and the offences as made out in the aforesaid FIR qua the petitioner are bailable. However, he submits that the petitioner may be permitted to surrender before the trial Court to attend the trial Sonia Puri 2025.07.02 17:03 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document

CRM-M-32423-2025 -2proceedings continuously. Learned counsel for the petitioner, on instructions further submits that the petitioner undertakes to appear before the trial Court concerned on each and every date and shall not seek any exemption for his personal appearance on any date of hearing before the trial Court. Hence, in the aforementioned facts and circumstances, the petitioner prays that directions be issued to the Trial Court concerned that his bail application, which he would be filing on his surrender, be decided. 3.

Notice of motion.

4.

Mr. Kamalpreet Bawa, DAG, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the respondent-State.  5.

I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the material placed on record.

6.

Keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case and limited prayer made by the counsel for the petitioner, this Court does not find any legitimate ground to interfere in the impugned order dated 14.09.2023 passed by learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Payal. Consequently, the petition is disposed of with a direction to the petitioner to surrender before the trial Court concerned within a period of 10 days from today at 10.00 A.M. and file an application for bail before the Court concerned and on his doing so, the trial Court is directed to consider and decide the bail application on the same day, in accordance with law.

 01st July, 2025 (H.S. GREWAL) Sonia Puri JUDGE Whether speaking/ reasoned :

Yes / No Whether reportable :

Yes / No Sonia Puri 2025.07.02 17:03 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document