ARUN MONGA, J.

Every other day, this Court is confronted with a dilemma of deliberating upon the merits of an FIR registered under Section 174-A of the Indian Penal Code (hereinafter referred to as 'IPC'). This predicament is particularly pronounced in cases, where the accused, after trial, has been acquitted in the principal offence. He is absolved of culpability either on merits of legal considerations or, in case of a private criminal complaint, its dismissal due to non-prosecution or its withdrawal, or even its dismissal through amicable settlement between the concerned parties. Nonetheless, the ancillary legal proceedings persist, unabated, much to the chagrin of the accused.

2. Instant case under consideration is yet another manifestation of the recurring phenomenon seeking indulgence to intercede and quash FIR No. 246, dated 18th September 2019 (hereinafter referred to as 'Annexure P-1'), registered under Section 174-A ibid at Police Station, City Rajpura, District Patiala. FIR has been lodged as a consequence of trial court order dated 31.08.2019,emanating from the criminal proc