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Issues: Whether the FIR registered under Section 174-A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and the order declaring the petitioner as a proclaimed person were liable to be quashed after the complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 had been withdrawn on compromise.
Analysis: The complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 had been withdrawn after compromise between the parties. The impugned FIR under Section 174-A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 was registered only because of the petitioner's non-appearance in the Section 138 proceedings, and the order declaring him a proclaimed person was passed in those proceedings. Once the main complaint stood withdrawn, continuation of the collateral proceedings under Section 174-A was treated as an abuse of the process of court. The earlier declaration of the petitioner as a proclaimed person was also held to be unsustainable in these circumstances.
Conclusion: The FIR under Section 174-A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and all consequential proceedings were quashed, and the order declaring the petitioner a proclaimed person was set aside.
Ratio Decidendi: Where the proceedings in the underlying complaint are withdrawn after compromise, continuation of proceedings under Section 174-A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 arising solely from non-appearance in those proceedings amounts to abuse of the process of court and may be quashed along with the proclamation order.
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