IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No.M-31284 of 2008 Date of decision : 1.12.2008 Gurdev Singh .....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents **** CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. D. ANAND Present: Mr. R.S.Bajaj, Advocate for the petitioner S. D. ANAND, J. It is apparent from the petition itself that the applicant (husband of his estranged wife who had complained to the police that she had been subjected to dowry -related torture) had been declared a proclaimed offender by the learned Trial Court in case FIR No. 9 dated 11.1.2006 registered at Police Station, Tanda, District Hoshiarpur under Sections 406/498-A IPC. A proclaimed offender is not entitled to invoke the extra- ordinary jurisdiction of this Court in exercise of powers under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Dismissed. December 01, 2008 (S. D. ANAND) Pka JUDGE