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2026 Supreme(Online)(HP) 2972

IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA
Rakesh Kainthla, J
Joginder Singh – Appellant
Versus
State Of Himachal Pradesh – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: S.K. Chaudhary, Pawan Gautam
For the Respondents: Ajit Sharma

Table of Content
1. summary of facts and alleged offences against the petitioners. (Para 1 , 2)
2. parties' contentions regarding the validity of the fir. (Para 3 , 5 , 6)
3. guidelines for quashing firs in matrimonial disputes involving omnibus allegations. (Para 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15)
4. court refuses to quash fir, citing prohibition on conducting mini-trials at the threshold. (Para 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30)

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge

The petitioners have filed the present petition under Section 528 of The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) for quashing of F.I.R. No. 0003 of 2025, dated 17.01.2025, registered for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 498-A , 504 and 509 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), at Women Police Station Chamba, District Chamba, H.P. and consequential proceedings arising out of it.

2. Briefly stated, the facts giving rise to the present petition are that the informant Simran Kaur/respondent No.2 was married to the petitioner Arjun Singh on 24.05.2023 as per custom. The informant’s husband and her parents-in-law kept her properly for about one month after her marriage. Thereafter, the

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