https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=417944 Strict compliance with every mandatory mode of publication under Section 82(2) CrPC is required before a person can validly be declared a proclaimed offender, and before penal consequences under Section 174-A IPC can follow. Here, the proclamation report showed affixation at the residence, a conspicuous place and the court premises, but did not disclose public reading of the proclamation in a conspicuous place of the town or village where the accused ordinarily resided. Because the statutory requirements are cumulative and mandatory, incomplete compliance rendered the proclamation order unsustainable and the consequential FIR and later proceedings liable to be quashed. en-us Tue, 01 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 04 Feb 2022 15:51:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=417944 Strict compliance with every mandatory mode of publication under Section 82(2) CrPC is required before a person can validly be declared a proclaimed offender, and before penal consequences under Section 174-A IPC can follow. Here, the proclamation report showed affixation at the residence, a conspicuous place and the court premises, but did not disclose public reading of the proclamation in a conspicuous place of the town or village where the accused ordinarily resided. Because the statutory requirements are cumulative and mandatory, incomplete compliance rendered the proclamation order unsustainable and the consequential FIR and later proceedings liable to be quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 01 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=417944