IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on : 06.08.2025 Date of pronouncement: 04.11.2025 AJAY KUMAR ......... Petitioner Versus STATE OF HARYANA ..... Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE YASHVIR SINGH RATHOR Present : Mr. R.N. Lohan, Advocate with Mr. J.S. Maanipur, Advocate and Ms. Harpreet Kaur, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Vasundhara Dalal Anand, Sr. DAG, Haryana.

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YASHVIR SINGH RATHOR , J. (Oral)

1. Prayer in this petition filed under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 is for quashing of F.I.R. No.10 dated 28.01.2011, registered under Sections 406 and 420 of IPC at Police Station Narwana Sadar District Jind and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom.

2. The present FIR has been registered on the basis of a complaint given to the police by the Executive Engineer, Sub Division, Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Limited (for short ‘HVPNL’), Jind, with the allegation that M/s Sandhu Security Services, SCO No. 45-46, First Floor, Office No. 105 Sector-11, Panchkula, was an approved contractor for providing skilled manpower under this Division on outsourcing basis w.e.f. 01.06.2009 to 31.05.2010, and accordingly, work orders were placed on