IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

202 CRM-M-48377-2025 (O&M)

Date of Decision: 11.11.2025 NAVISH DAMANA ALIAS NAVEESH ALIAS NISHU ....Petitioner VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER ....Respondents(s)

CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK JAIN Present : Mr. Vishal Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Amandeep Samra, AAG, Punjab.

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ALOK JAIN, J. (Oral)

1. The present petition has been filed under Section 528 of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking quashing of the FIR No.41 dated 10.04.2023 (Annexure P-5), under Sections 363, 366, 376, 120-B, 109, 315 IPC and Section 6 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (hereinafter referred to as POCSO Act), registered at Police Station Garhshankar, District Hoshiarpur along with all subsequent proceedings arising there from.

2. The learned counsel for the petitioner factually narrates the mat-

ter by referring to the contents of the FIR, which are as follows: “Sir, it is submitted as under: - (1) That the complainant is having date of birth 24.08.2004 and was studying at Kanya Vidyalya High School, Garhshankar, (2) That the present complaint is with regard to the occurrence dated 18.12.2021 and continued u