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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
MANISHA BATRA
Nancy Sharma – Appellant
Versus
State of Haryana – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
MANISHA BATRA, J.
1. Challenge in this petition, filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (for short ‘the Code’), is to the order dated 16.03.2023 (Annexure P-7), passed by the Court of learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Guhla, District Kaithal in Criminal Complaint bearing No. COMI-40-2021, titled as Inderjeet Sharma vs. Vinod Sharma and others, filed under Section 306 read with Section 34 of IPC, whereby the petitioners had been summoned to appear and face trial for commission of aforementioned offences.
2. Brief facts relevant for the purpose of disposal of this petition are that on 07.08.2021, an FIR bearing No. 225 was registered under Section 302 of IPC on the basis of a complaint submitted by respondent No. 2/complainant Inderjeet Sharma making allegation that present petitioner No. 1 Nancy Sharma, who was wife of his son Love Sharma, and her family members had set Love Sharma ablaze on the same day, when he had gone to the parental house of Nancy Sharma and thereby murdered him. After conducting investigation in the said FIR, a cancellation report was prepared. Thereafter, the aforementioned complaint had been filed by respondent No. 2/comp
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