IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA.

Cr. MMO No. 1042 of 2025.

Reserved on: 14.11.2025.

Date of Decision: 02.12.2025.

Rajnish Kumar f ...Petitioner

Versus

Poonam Dhiman ...Respondent

Coram

Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No.

For the Petitioner : Mr Rajiv Rai, Advocate.

For the Respondent : None.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge

The petitioner has filed the present petition for

quashing of complaint filed under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (DV Act), bearing Registration No. 27 of 2025, titled Poonam Dhiman vs. Rajnish Kumar, pending before the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Court No. III, Mandi, District Mandi, H.P. (learned Trial Court). (Parties shall hereinafter be referred to in the same manner

as they were arrayed before the learned Trial Court for convenience.)

1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes.

2. Briefly stated, the facts giving rise to the present petition are that the aggrieved person filed a complaint under Section 12 of the DV Act, asserting that she is the wife of the present petitioner/original respondent. The respondent tried to maintain physical re