https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=772063 Once the accused was acquitted in the underlying prosecution, the basis for continuing proclaimed offender status under section 82 CrPC disappeared because there was no surviving need to secure appearance in that matter. Section 174A IPC is an independent substantive offence for failure to respond to a valid proclamation, and proceedings may generally continue even if the proclamation later ceases to operate; however, they cannot arise unless a section 82 proclamation was first issued. On the facts, the acquittal and the absence of any further occasion to require appearance made continuation of the connected proclamation-based proceedings unsustainable, and the SC quashed them. en-us Thu, 02 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 04 Jun 2025 08:40:38 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=772063 Once the accused was acquitted in the underlying prosecution, the basis for continuing proclaimed offender status under section 82 CrPC disappeared because there was no surviving need to secure appearance in that matter. Section 174A IPC is an independent substantive offence for failure to respond to a valid proclamation, and proceedings may generally continue even if the proclamation later ceases to operate; however, they cannot arise unless a section 82 proclamation was first issued. On the facts, the acquittal and the absence of any further occasion to require appearance made continuation of the connected proclamation-based proceedings unsustainable, and the SC quashed them. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 02 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=772063