Criminal Misc. No. M- 7501 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M- 7501 of 2011 Date of decision:- 10.03.2011 Mandeep Singh @ Deepu ...Petitioner Versus Manjinder Singh ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RITU BAHRI Present:- Mr. H.S. Batth, Advocate for the petitioner. RITU BAHRI J.(Oral) This petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is for quashing of order dated 11.2.2010 passed by the Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Tarn Taran in criminal complaint No.RBT No.98/08 dated 04.6.2008 titled as 'Manjinder Singh versus Mandeep Singh @ Deepu and others' under Sections 324 and 506 IPC read with Section 34 IPC. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that vide order dated 24.1.2011, the complaint registered under Sections 324 and 506 IPC read with Section 34 IPC was dismissed as withdrawn on the statement made by the complainant. Vide order dated 11.2.2010 an order had been passed declaring the petitioner as proclaimed offender. However, as per report of the Chowkidar Mandeep Singh @ Deepu was the resident of Village and had gone to foreign country. Statement of Chowkidar was recorded by the police. Inspite of this report, the petitioner could not have been declared as proclaimed offender without effecting proper service on him as contemplated under Section 82 Cr.P.C. Criminal Misc. No. M- 7501 of 2011 -2- As per copy of the passport attached as (Annexure P-2) the petitioner has since come back to India on 25.2.2011. Since the complaint has already been dismissed as withdrawn, the petitioner is granted one opportunity to appear before the trial Court within two weeks and submit his bail bonds to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Tarn Taran. In the meanwhile, the petitioner may not be arrested. The criminal miscellaneous petition is disposed of. March 10, 2011 ( RITU BAHRI ) Vijay Asija JUDGE