Payal Sharma vs State of Punjab - 2024 Supreme(SC) 1085

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2024 Supreme(SC) 1085

C. T. RAVIKUMAR, RAJESH BINDAL
Payal Sharma – Appellant
Versus
State of Punjab – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s): Mr. Ajay Choudhary, AOR Mr. Vineet Bhagat, AOR Mrs. Manju Bhagat, Adv. Mrs. Archna Midha, Adv. Mr. Aksveer Singh Saggu, Adv.
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Karan Sharma, AOR Mr. Ajay Choudhary, AOR Mr. Harsh Jaidka, Adv.

JUDGMENT

C.T. RAVIKUMAR, J.

Leave granted.

1. The captioned appeals are directed against the order dated 11.03.2022 in C.R.M.-M. No.42226 of 2021 passed by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh. The said petition was jointly filed by the appellant in the former appeal and her husband, the second respondent in the latter appeal, under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, ‘Cr.P.C.’) as petitioner Nos.2 and 1 respectively, seeking quashment of FIR No.0080/2020 dated 03.12.2020 registered for offences punishable under Sections 406, 498-A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short, ‘IPC’) at Police Station, District Police Commissionerate, Women, Jalandhar and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom. In fact, after the registration of FIR No.0080/2020 at the instance of Subhash Chander Kapila, the second respondent in the former appeal, offences under Sections 420 and 120-B, IPC were also added. The appellant in the former appeal is accused No.5 and her husband, the second respondent in the latter appeal, was accused No.6 in the said FIR. The appellant in the latter appeal viz., the second respondent in the former appeal is the complainant. For c