PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH
ANOOP CHITKARA
N.V. International Pvt. Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
State Of Haryana – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Anoop Chitkara, J. -
FIR No. | Date | Police Station | Sections |
203 | 22.06.2024 | Chhapar, District Yamunanagar | 120-B, 406, 420, 467, 468, 471, 473 IPC and Section 61(l)(a) of Punjab Excise Act 1914 (Haryana Amendment Bill 2020) (Sections 7, 8 & 13 of PC Act 1988 added later on) |
1. Seeking quashing of FIR captioned above and also for issuance of guidelines that offence under Punjab Excise Act 1914 be not aggravated by taking resort to provisions of IPC or BNS and also to quash Look Out Circular, if any, the petitioners had come up before this Court by filing the present petition under Section 482CrPC r/w 528 & 529 of BNS S 2023.
2. To ascertain that whether the case is worth issuing notice or not, I have heard Senior Advocate Mr. Vikram Chaudhary and gone through the petition and its analysis would lead to the following outcome.
3. Petitioner No.l is a company and petitioners No.2 & 3 were associated with the same. Petitioners' case is that M/s N.V. International Pvt. Ltd. is one of the larger distilleries of grain alcohol and manufacturing it for last 24 years and has paid more than 100 crores Rupees of tax to Government of Haryana. Petitioner No.2 is aged 73 years, is an entrepreneur, but
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