Jasminder Singh v. State of Haryana and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
CRM-M-34002-2025 (O&M); High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh; Sukhvinder Kaur, J.; decision dated 12.08.2025. Quashing of FIR No.344 dated 23.10.2024, Police Station Bilaspur, District Yamuna Nagar, under Sections 316(2), 318(4) of BNS and Section 24 of Immigration Act, 1983, on settlement/compromise deed dated 26.06.2025 between Jasminder Singh (petitioner) and respondents; genuineness verified by SDJM Bilaspur report dated 21.07.2025 (voluntary, no coercion or undue influence); Section 528 BNSS, 2023 petition allowed; FIR and subsequent proceedings quashed qua petitioner, following Kulwinder Singh, 2007 (3) RCR (Criminal) 1052 (Full Bench, this Court) and Gian Singh, (2012) 10 SCC 303 (Supreme Court). Advocates: Ashish Grewal for petitioner; Varun Gupta, DAG, Haryana; Ravi Malik for respondents No.2 and 3.
What did the court decide?
FIR No.344 dated 23.10.2024 under Sections 316(2), 318(4) of BNS and Section 24 of Immigration Act, 1983, registered at Police Station Bilaspur, District Yamuna Nagar, and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, quashed qua the petitioner on the basis of settlement/compromise deed dated 26.06.2025 (Annexure P-2).