IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

279 Date of decision: 12.01.2026 Sudhir Tripathi ...Petitioner(s)

VERSUS State of Haryana and another ...Respondent(s)

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ Present :- Mr. Sanjeev Majra, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Onkar Singh Wahla, Sr. DAG Haryana.

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VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral)

1. Prayer in the present petition is for seeking quashing of FIR No.06 dated 09.01.2025 registered under Section(s) 318(4), 61 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023 registered at Police Station Cyber Crime Karnal, District Karnal alongwith all the consequential proceedings arising therefrom, on the basis of compromise dated 19.08.2025 (Annexure P-2).

2. Briefly summarized, the facts of the present case are that the respondent-complainant Praveen Kumar Johar works in Manipal Saugna and also trades in the stock market. One day, he received a call from the petitioner, who exhorted the former to watch and follow his videos daily. Thereafter, the petitioner offered to teach online trading to the complainant for a fee of Rs.25,000/- per month. The petitioner then gave his account number and the complainant deposited the fees in the said account.