IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MMO No. 795 of 2025 Reserved on: 03.03.2026 Date of Decision: 27.04.2026 Manisha Chandel & Ors ...Petitioners Versuso Sunita Chandel & Anr. ...Respondents _____________________________________

Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No For the Petitioners : Mr Arsh Chauhan, Advocate For respondent No.1 : Ms Suman Thakur, Advocate For respondent No.2 : Mr Prashant Sen, Deputy Advocate General.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioners have filed the present petition for quashing of a Domestic Violence Complaint bearing DV Act No. 16/24 and registered as CIS No. 93/24 pending before the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hamirpur, H.P. (learned Trial Court) and the subsequent proceedings arising out of it. (The parties

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

shall hereinafter be referred to in the same manner as they were arrayed before the learned Trial Court for convenience).

2. Briefly stated, the facts giving rHise to the present petition are that the complainant/respondent No.1 filed a complaint against the petitioners/respondents under Section 12, read with Se