IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

253 CRM-M-44621-2024 (O&M) Date of Decision: 12.11.2025 RIDHIMA KAD ..... Petitioner VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANR ..... Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE KIRTI SINGH Present: Mr. Hitesh Chopra, Advocate and Ms. Anjali Rani, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Yadwinder Singh, AAG, Punjab.

Mr. Ritesh Pandey, Advocate for respondent No.2.

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KIRTI SINGH, J.

This third petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short ‘Cr.P.C.’) read with Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for quashing of FIR No.177 dated 28.09.2018 under Section 498-A of IPC, registered at Police Station City Batala, Police District Batala, District Gurdaspur (Annexure P-1) and all the subsequent proceedings emanating therefrom, including the final report under Section 173 Cr.P.C. (Annexure P-2).

2. Factual matrix The facts in brief, as culled out from the case file, are that the instant FIR was registered on the statement of respondent No.2, who alleged that at the time of her marriage with Ashish Kad on 30.04.2013, sufficient dowry articles were given by her parents. However, her husband, parents-in-