IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH.

Date of Reserved: 11.02.2026 Date of Pronouncement: 18.03.2026.

Kavita ...Petitioner.

Versus State of Haryana and another ....Respondents.

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CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUKHVINDER KAUR ----

Argued by:Mr. Rajesh Bansal, Advocate and Mr. Anuj Mahla, Advocate and Mr. Jaswant Singh, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. R.K. Singla, Addl. A.G., Haryana.

Mr. Divya Singh, Advocate for respondent No.2.

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Sukhvinder Kaur, J.

By way of present revision petition, the petitioner has challenged order dated 06.05.2025 passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, vide which the petitioner has been summoned as an additional accused under Section 319 Cr.P.C. and against the impugned order dated 18.07.2025, vide which charges under Section 420, 447 of IPC and Section

3 of SC/ST Act were framed against the petitioner.

2. The brief facts relevant for the adjudication of the present revision petition are that the petitioner got registered FIR No.83 dated 09.07.2020, under Sections 420, 447, 506, 34 IPC and Section 3 of Sc/ST Act registered against the petitioner and her husband Bijender Singh alleging that she belongs to Balmiki (Scheduled Caste) whereas accused belongs to Jaat Caste, who often used to come to meet complainant's husband. He asked the complainant and her husband to take loan from the bank for setting up fish farm and offered to give his land on concessional price for the fish farm. Complainant purchased 2 kanal 2 marlas land from agricultural land of accused/ Bijender on 04.02.2019 for Rs.8,27,000/-. Complainant is the sole proprietor of her firm and she moved application in the Bank of India, Kutani Branch for taking loan for fisheries in the name of her firm M/s Nima Enterprise village Nimbri post office Risalu, District Panipat. Bank sanctioned CC limit of Rs.20,00,000/- and term loan of Rs.10,00,000/- for fisheries in the name of aforesaid firm. Land of accused was adjacent to the above said plot and he told the complainant and her husband to expand the work of fisheries and gave assurance that whatever amount would be invested in the business for expansion, in the same ratio the income from the business would be distributed. Complainant gave complete detail of expanses of Rs.30,00,000/- to the accused. Accused deposited only four installments of Rs.30,000/- and one installment of Rs.80,000/- of the bank loan and after some days took possession of the complete business of complainant and illegally ousted the complainant and her husband Manoj from the fish farm. Accused had set up their new firm Panipat Fishring parallel to her firm and started doing whole transaction of above mentioned firm from their firm. On 19.03.2020, complainant and her husband received notice from Bank of India regarding non payment of installments and non maintaining the account and when they told the accused regarding the same he did not listen to them and insulted the complainant and her husband in the village publically by abusing them by caste and forcibly ousted them from the entire business as they belong to poor Scheduled Caste. On 10.06.2020 at about 8:30 A.M. complainant and her son Himanshu went to the house of the accused to talk about this matter, but accused and his wife ousted the complainant and his son from the house by abusing them by caste and when complainant and her son came in the street then also accused Bijender and his wife came in the street and abused them by caste while threatening them asked them to run away otherwise, they would be killed. In the meantime, husband of complainant Manoj and many persons of the village came at the spot and then also accused and his wife insulted the complainant and the husband of complainant and their son Himanshu by abusing them by their caste. On the basis of the aforesaid facts the present FIR was registered.

3. After registration of the FIR the investigation proceedings were initiated. During investigation, the petitioner was found to be innocent a