IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 28.08.2025 GULAL SINGH @ GULAB SINGH ......Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE KIRTI SINGH Present: Mr. Ishan Gupta, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Luvinder Sofat, Sr. DAG, Punjab.

Ms. Muskan Gupta, Advocate for respondent No.3.

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KIRTI SINGH , J. (ORAL)

CRM-33472-2025 This is an application under Rule 3-A(1) Chapter VI Part-B, Vol. V of the High Court Rules and Orders for grant of leave to file, plead and appear in the present petition.

Allowed as prayed for.

CRM-33473-2025 This is an application for placing on record the affidavit of respondent No.3 as Annexure A-1.

Heard. For the reasons mentioned in the application, the same is allowed and Annexure A-1 is taken on record.

CRM-M-37905-2025

1. The present petition has been filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, for quashing of FIR No. 60 dated

05.04.2019 (Annexure P-1) registered at Police Station Patran, Patiala, under Sections 363 and 366-A of the IPC and Section 8 of the POCSO Act (Section 376(3) IPC and Section 4 of the POCSO Act were added later on)

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