Ajay Kumar v. Kanwar Raja Ram and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Use for: quashing of 'proclaimed person' declarations under Section 82 CrPC through Section 482 CrPC petitions; non-compliance with Section 82 procedure (service of summons/warrants, publication of proclamation); Section 82(2) CrPC to be complied with cumulatively, not alternatively (per Gurbir Singh Mundi, CRM-M-49283-2021, 16.12.2021); Section 138 NI Act complaints; dismissal/withdrawal of the underlying complaint in National Lok Adalat (HALSA referral) rendering further criminal proceedings an abuse of process; FIR under Section 174-A IPC; stay of proclamation order and admission to bail; release of surety's FDR. Parties: Ajay Kumar v. Kanwar Raja Ram and Another; Bench: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Aman Chaudhary (single Judge, oral); decided 02.09.2025.
What did the court decide?
Quashing of the impugned order dated 09.01.2023 of the learned JMIC, Panchkula declaring the petitioner a 'Proclaimed Person'; the order is set aside.