IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MMO No. 1012 of 2025 Reserved on: 16.01.2026 Date of Decisio n: 23.01.2026 Anuradha Sagar o ...Petitioner Versus State of H.P. & another t ...Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Vacation Judge.

Whether approved for reporting? No For the Petitioner : Mr Kunal Madan, Mr Naresh K. Sharma, and Ms Bhawna h learned Advocates.

For respondents No. 1 to 3 : Mr Prashant Sen, Deputy Advocate General.

For respondents No. 4 & 5 : Mr Ajay Kochchar, Senior Advocate, with Mr Anubhav Chopra, Advocates.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition for quashing of FIR No. 147 of 2025 dated 23.09.2025 registered at Police Station Palampur, District Kangra, H.P for the commission of an offence punishable under Section 308(2) of Bhartiya Nayay Sanhita 2023(BNS).

2. Briefly stated, the facts giving rise to the present petition are that the respondent No.2/informant made a complaint to the police, asserting that the petitioner Anuradha Sagar is his daughter-in-law. The informant is running his business at Palampur. The relationship of the petitioner and her husband is strained, and they are residing separately. The peti