IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 12.11.2025 Malkiat Singh @ Amrik Singh ...Appellant(s)

Vs.

Iqbal Singh and others ...Respondent(s)

CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE NIDHI GUPTA Present:- Mr. Vikas Sharma, Advocate for the appellant.

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NIDHI GUPTA, J.

Plaintiff is in Second Appeal against the concurrent judgments and decrees of the ld. Courts below, whereby suit filed by the appellant for recovery of Rs.3 lacs on account of damages for malicious prosecution of the plaintiff, his wife Darshan Kaur, and Gurdev Singh, Uncle of the plaintiff and the defendants, has been dismissed by both the Courts below.

2. The pleaded case of the appellant in the plaint was that the plaintiff and defendants are related to each other. The defendants bore a grudge against the plaintiff as their uncle, namely, Gurdev Singh had made a registered Gift Deed dated 11.04.2000 in favour of the plaintiff, and his wife Darshan Kaur. As such, defendants had filed false and frivolous complaint dated 10.10.2001 against the plaintiff and others; on the basis of which FIR No. 291 dated 03.12.2001 under Sections 420, 120-B IPC was registered at Police Station Banga against the plaintiff, hi