Summary
- High Court of Punjab and Haryana bench of Justice Surya Partap Singh in Aarif @ Chauma & Anr. vs State of Haryana
- Whether the trial court's declaration of petitioners as proclaimed persons complied with the mandatory procedure under Section 84 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
- Court observed that the impugned order declaring the petitioners as proclaimed persons was defective and unsustainable in law.
- The court emphasized that compliance with Section 82(2) of CrPC is mandatory, and failure to publicly read the proclamation invalidates such declarations.
- This judgment reinforces the necessity for strict adherence to procedural requirements in declaring individuals as proclaimed offenders.
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