https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=296326 Section 82 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 requires a proclamation to specify a place and time for appearance at least thirty days from publication. Where publication was made only one day before the nominated date, the mandatory minimum period was not met, and a later adjournment could not cure the defect. As the proclamation proceedings were not in accordance with law, the declaration of the accused as a proclaimed offender could not stand, and the FIR under Section 174A of the Indian Penal Code was quashed. en-us Wed, 18 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:00:45 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=296326 Section 82 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 requires a proclamation to specify a place and time for appearance at least thirty days from publication. Where publication was made only one day before the nominated date, the mandatory minimum period was not met, and a later adjournment could not cure the defect. As the proclamation proceedings were not in accordance with law, the declaration of the accused as a proclaimed offender could not stand, and the FIR under Section 174A of the Indian Penal Code was quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 18 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=296326