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2018 Supreme(P&H) 1526

ARVIND SINGH SANGWAN
Messrs Sony India Private Limited – Appellant
Versus
Sunil Sharma – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner:Mr. R.S. Rai, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Gautam Dutt, Advocate, Mr. Akshay Bhan, Sr. Advocate, with Mr. Harparteek S. Sandhu, Advocate, and Mr. Angad Kochhar, Advocate, Ms. Puneeta Sethi, Advocate, with Mr. Vijay Pal Dalmia, Advocate, and Mr. Chander M. Maini, Advocate
For the Respondent:Mr. S.N. Sharma, Advocate (Legal Aid Counsel)

JUDGMENT :

ARVIND SINGH SANGWAN, J.

1. Vide this common order, I intend to dispose of 05 petitions i.e. CRM-M Nos.1490, 22387 and 22418 of 2013 and 24056 and 23956 of 2014, as common questions of law and facts are involved for adjudication.

2. It may be noticed that counsel for the respondent/complainant had stopped appearing in Court and vide order dated 10.10.2017, a legal aid counsel was appointed to assist the Court.

3. Prayer in all the aforesaid 05 petitions is for quashing of criminal complaint No.87 dated 04.06.2012 titled as 'Sunil Sharma vs Sony India Private Limited and others' (Annexure P1) and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom as well as the summoning order dated 19.07.2012 (Annexure P3) passed by the trial Court vide which the petitioners have been summoned under Sections 292 and 293 of the Indian Penal Code (in short 'IPC') and 6 of the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 (in short 'the Act of 1986') as the complaint do not disclose commission of any criminal offence and the proceedings would amount to abuse and misuse of process of law and result in failure of justice.

4. The brief facts of the case noticed in Para Nos. 1 to 11 of the comp























































































































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