Harmanjeet Singh Alias Honey and Others v. State of Punjab and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
CRM-M-12968-2025; Punjab & Haryana HC Chandigarh; N.S. Shekhawat J.; decision 02.07.2025; Section 528 BNSS/Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023; quashing of FIR on compromise; FIR No.9 dated 22.01.2025; PS Division No.8, Police Commissionerate Jalandhar; BNS Sections 115(2), 118(2), 324(2), 351(2), 3(2); compromise affidavit 05.02.2025; Judicial Magistrate 1st Class Jalandhar verification report 31.05.2025; genuine voluntary compromise without coercion; offences not serious; Gian Singh v. State of Punjab 2012 (4) RCR (Criminal) 543; Kulwinder Singh v. State of Punjab 2007(3) RCR (Criminal) 1052; FIR and consequential proceedings quashed qua petitioners; petitioners Harmanjeet Singh alias Honey and others; respondents State of Punjab and others; counsel Meher Sachdev, M.S. Bajwa DAG Punjab, Vipan Kumar Sharma.
What did the court decide?
Quashing of FIR No.9 dated 22.01.2025 under Sections 115(2), 118(2), 324(2), 351(2) & 3(2) of BNS registered at Police Station Division No.8, Police Commissionerate Jalandhar, and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom, qua the petitioners.