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Accused has appeared along with the counsel and has moved the bail application and annexed the copy of the order of the Hon'ble High Court of Delhi dated 17.09.07 in which he sought the stay of the order dated 31.05.07 and 25.07.07 whereby the process under Section. 82/83 Cr.P.C. was issued against the accused. The time requisite for process under Section. 82 Cr.P.C. had already expired on 29.08.07 when the process server returned the execution reports of the said process. Today the case was fixed for recording of the statement of the process server so that the accused could have been declared as a Proclaimed Offender and the case should have been fixed for recording the evidence under Section. 299 Cr.P.C. Although on 17.09.07 there was no cause of action in favor of the accused before the Hon'ble High Court of Delhi for stay of the said proceedings which were already executed but I take the spirit of the order and directed the accused to deposit the amount as cost as mentioned in the order which he has deposited with this Court.

Issue process under Section 82/83 Cr.P.C. against the accused through SHO, PS. Sangam Vihar, New Delhi on the last known address for 29.08.07.

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Rakesh Tewari ASJ, Delhi/25.07.2007

12. On 29th August, 2007, the following order was passed:

Present: Deemed APP for the complainant company Process under Section 82/83 Cr.P.C. received back against the accused. Let the Process Server be summoned for recording of his statement on 19.09.07.

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Rakesh Tewari ASJ, Delhi/29.08.2007

15. It appears that the learned Addl.Sessions Judge is not aware with the basics of Code of Criminal Procedure, as it is apparent from record that process under Sections 82/83 Cr.P.C. was never executed in accordance with law. For his knowledge and reference, Sections 82 and 83 of Cr.P.C are reproduced as under:

Section 82. Proclamation for person absconding.-(1) Any Court has reason to believe (whether after taking evidence or not) that any person against whom a warrant has been issued by it has absconded or is concealing himself so that such warrant cannot be executed, such Court may publish a written proclamation requiring him to appear at a specific place and at a specified time not less than thirty days from the date of publishing such proclamation.

26. The procedure laid down under Section 83 has to be followed strictly. Jurisdiction to pass attachment order cannot be assumed unless a proclamation under Section 82 Cr.P.C. has been issued. The normal rule is that the Court has to wait until the expiry of 30 days, to enable the accused to appear in terms of the proclamation. The words 'at any time after the issue of proclamation' are not to be interpreted in isolation. The key for gathering the intention of the law makers is to be found in Section 82 Cr.P.C. Sections 82 and 83 Cr.P.C. are to be read in harmony. Thus except in cases covered by the proviso to Section 82(1) the attachment order has to maintain a distance of not less than 30 days from the date of the publication under Section 82. The words 'at any time' in Section 83(1) only mean that if after the issue of proclamation either of the two conditions mentioned in Clauses (a) and (b) of the proviso to Section 83(1) come into existence, an order of attachment may be made without waiting for 30 days to expire. Even in such a case the Court has to record its reasons for arriving at the judicial satisfaction that such conditions as mentioned in the proviso to have come into existence.