Sabina, J.:- Petitioners have filed this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for quashing FIR No. 390 dated 26.8.2008 (Annexure P-1), under Sections 465/ 467/ 477-A/ 199/ 200/ 182/ 120-B of the Indian Penal Code (‘IPC’ for short), registered at Police Station Sadar Patiala and all the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom.

2. The contents of the FIR (Annexure P-1) read as under:-

“It is respectfully submitted that a case FIR No.608 dated 22.12.2007 under Section 18 of the NDPS Act, 1985 was registered at P.S.Sadar, Patiala against the accused Yadwinder Singh @ Yaddu s/o Gurbachan Singh s/o Piara Singh caste Jat, r/o village Ibrahimpur, P.S.Julkan and Wasir s/o Noor r/o Rajgarh (MP) the investigation of which is with me. 15 kgs of opium was recovered from the accused Yadwinder Singh and Wasir above mentioned in the Accent Car No.HR-03-F-0433 accused Gurbachan Singh had escaped from the spot by taking advantage of the darkness. Challan was presented against Yadwinder Singh and Wasir on 10.5.2008 in the learned Court. Accused Gurbachan Singh s/o Piara Singh r/o village Ibrahimpur was declared a proclaimed offender on 23.5.2008 by the Court of Sh.S.S