IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. -M No. 11722 of 2008 (O&M) Date of decision : January 14, 2009 Jagdeep Singh ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another ....Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pritam Pal Present : Mr. GS Bhandari, Advocate for Mr. Sushil Saini, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. KD Sachdeva, DAG Punjab Pritam Pal,J. (Oral) Petitioner has brought this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for quashing of F.I.R. No. 246 dated 15.12.2005 registered under Sections 354 of the Indian Penal Code at Police Station Sadar Gurdaspur and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom. It is stated by learned State counsel that, in fact, the petitioner was declared as a proclaimed offender vide order dated 12.5.2006 and till today he is absconding. Moreover, the allegations against the petitioner are that he had outraged the modesty of a lady - respondent no. 2. Taking into consideration the aforesaid fact, no case is made out for quashing the FIR. Hence, the present petition is dismissed. ( Pritam Pal ) January 14, 2009 Judge 'dalbir'