IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA

Cr. MMO No. 1114 of 2025

Reserved on: 20.11.2025

Date of Decision: 03.12.2025.

Arush Gupta and others ...Petitioners

Versus

Shruti Bhardwaj t ...Respondent

Coram

Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No.

For the Petitioner : Mr Saurav Rattan, Advocate.

For the Respondent : None.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge

i The petitioners have filed the present petition for

quashing of the complaint dated 10.6.2025, filed by the respondent (aggrieved person) under Section 12 of the Domestic Violence Act (DV Act), pending before the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kullu, District Kullu, HP. (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 a Domestic Incident Report was filed before the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kullu, asserting that the respondents (the present petitioners) demanded money from her on 23.4.2024. They made the allegations against her that she was suffering from a mental ailment, an