IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 19.01.2026 RAMA KANT KALIA ... Petitioner VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER ... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H.S. GREWAL.

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Present: Mr. H.S. Saggu, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Rohit Hans, DAG, Punjab.

None for respondent No.2.

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H.S. GREWAL, J. (ORAL)

This petition has been filed under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking quashing of FIR No.46 dated 06.06.2020 under Section 500 of IPC and Section 67 of Information Technology Act, 2000 registered at Police Station City Kurali, District S.A.S. Nagar alongwith all subsequent proceedings. Counsel for the petitioner has made an oral prayer to quash the order dated 20.04.2024 passed by the trial Court, whereby the cancellation report submitted by the investigating agency has been dismissed and the matter has been

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the trial Court has

rejected the cancellation report submitted by the police in a mechanical manner and

without considering the relevant facts and circumstances elaborated in the

cancellation report. He further submits that merely on the basis of sole statement of the comp