Crl.Misc. M-2396 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-2396 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision:July 22,2011 Brahmanand and others ...........Petitioners Versus State of Punjab ..........Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Sabina Present: Mr.Ashok Saini, Advocate for the petitioners Mr. G.S.Brar, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab ** Sabina, J. Petitioners have filed this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking quashing of order dated 24.12.2010 (Annexure P4). Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that in an application seeking anticipatory bail filed by the petitioners, the Head Constable Angrej Singh had appeared and made a statement that the petitioners have been declared innocent after an inquiry conducted by Station House Officer, Police Station Division No.2, Pathankot on 4.9.2009. On the basis of the said statement, the application seeking anticipatory bail was dismissed as infructuous on 22.12.2010. However, on 24.12.2010, non- bailable warrant of arrest of petitioner No.3 were issued and petitioners No. 1 and 2 were declared proclaimed offenders. Crl.Misc. M-2396 of 2011 2 Learned State counsel, who is assisted by ASI Tarsem Lal has submitted that the petitioners had been declared innocent in an inquiry during investigation of the accused on 4.9.2009. Keeping in view the submissions made by the learned counsel for the parties, the impugned order dated 24.12.2010 is liable to be quashed whereby petitioners No. 1 and 2 were declared proclaimed offenders and non-bailable warrants of arrest were ordered to be issued against petitioner No.3. Accordingly, this petition is allowed and the impugned order dated 24.12.2010 whereby petitioners No. 1 and 2 were declared proclaimed offenders and non-bailable warrants of arrest were ordered to be issued against petitioner No.3 is quashed. ( Sabina ) Judge July 22, 2011 arya