IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

304 Date of decision: 14.01.2026 Bhupinder Singh and others ...Petitioner(s)

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

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ Present :- Mr. Ram Mohinder Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioners.

Mr. Rituraj Singh, DAG, Punjab.

Mr. Ruhani Chadha, Advocate for Respondent No.2 ****

VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral)

Prayer in the present petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, is for quashing of FIR No.003 dated 03.01.2025 registered under Sections 406, 420 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 at Police Station Sanaur, District Patiala, along with all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of the settlement agreement dated 01.04.2025 (Annexure P-2).

2. Briefly summarized, the facts of the present case are that the respondent-complainant Manjit Singh entered into an agreement with Bhupinder Singh, Prabhjot Singh, Jatinder Kaur and dealer Harmit Singh (Petitioners No.1 to 4 respectively) for the Plot No.16 situated in Sant Hazara Singh Nagar, village Sanaur, Tehsil and District Patiala. However, the petitioners instead gave him possession of Plot No