CRM No.M-14666 of 2011 (O&M) - 1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM No.M-14666 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision : 05.12.2011 Mandeep Singh @ Deepa …Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another …Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH -.- Present: None for the petitioner. Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, D.A.G., Punjab. Mr. R.K.S. Brar, Advocate for the respondent No.2. *** RANJIT SINGH, J. (ORAL) The present petition has been filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of the F.I.R. No.147 dated 11.09.2003 registered under Sections 323, 324, 326, 341 and 34 IPC at Police Station Balachaur, District Nawanshahar and also for quashing the impugned order dated 18.12.2004 whereby the petitioner had been CRM No.M-14666 of 2011 (O&M) - 2- declared as a proclaimed offender even before presentation of challan. On the last date petitioner had requested for joining the Court proceedings and the liberty was granted to the petitioner to surrender before the learned trial Court within a period of two weeks. The direction was also given to the learned trial Court to release him on interim bail in case he appears within the said period. The order declaring the petitioner as a proclaimed offender was directed to be kept in abeyance. As per the order dated 19.05.2011, the petitioner has surrendered before the learned trial Court and has been released on bail. In this view of the matter, the present petition is apparently rendered infructuous. The petitioner is directed to appear before the learned trial Court regularly on every date. The order declaring the petitioner as a proclaimed offender without presentation of challan cannot be sustained and the same is set aside. Petition stands disposed of accordingly in the above terms. ( RANJIT SINGH ) December 05, 2011 JUDGE ashish