Allowed
Pardeep Kumar v. State of Haryana and Another
Punjab & Haryana HCCRM-M/9372/2020
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
This high court bench addressed a petition to quash proceedings under Section 174-A IPC for absence in court. The court held that since the main complaint under Section 138 of the N.I. Act was withdrawn via settlement, continuing the Section 174-A proceedings was an abuse of process. Relying on previous precedents, the court quashed the FIR and related orders.
What did the court decide?
The impugned order dated 24.10.2016 and FIR No.64 dated 15.02.2017 u/s 174-A IPC and all subsequent proceedings are quashed.