P&H: Quashes FIR Under Section 174-A IPC And Environment Complaint Against Ex-Owner For Aravali Violations The Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed an FIR under Section 174-A IPC and set aside proclamation proceedings against a woman accused in an environmental case, finding that mandatory procedures for declaring her a proclaimed person were not followed and that she had sold the property years before the complaint was filed. Seeking to quash a 2014 complaint by
P&H: Quashes FIR Under Section 174-A IPC And Environment Complaint Against Ex-Owner For Aravali Violations
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18 May 2026
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Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, S.82, Indian Penal Code, 1860, S.174-A — Proclaimed person — Preconditions for issuance — Publication at the accused’s ordinary residence and at the court house and grant of not less than thirty days time not shown to have been complied with and process repeatedly issued at addresses where the accused neither resided nor did business - Proclamation and FIR u/S.174-A IPC quashed. (Paras 7 and 8) Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, S.482,
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